Paul Wingfield

London

Chartered Engineeer

Warren is right!

Regardless of the challenge Warren has put towards the press, it is the BBC’s decision whether or not they broadcast over the internet as well as over their allocated “wireless” UHF bands and as such they should not be able to demand a licence fee for use of an otherwise free medium. Bear in mind that, like adult sites, they have the option to set up access controls that permit paying users only if they wish!

Re-transmission of BBC copywrite covered programmes by a third party is a separate issue and people doing so should be vulnerable to prosecution.

Just think of the fun all those students staying in halls of residence with lap tops can have, given their unfair licence position, once the independent TV companies realise the potential of this market over this medium.