[Nottingham] BBC iPlayer petition

[Andy Davidson]

On 6 Jul 2007, at 00:04, Tom Bird wrote:

> Andy Davidson wrote:
>> I have my views on BBC content and I notice that someone on  
>> LugRadio this week said they had the same opinion.  Because I pay  
>> my TV License, I own that content.  That content is *mine*.  I  
>> shouldn't need to pass through layers of Digital Restrictions  
>> Management in order to get to something I own.
> You "own" none of it, just as you don't own any software you  
> might've paid for.  Read the "EULA", enlightening things that they  
> are.

If the BBC "own" the content, who "owns" the BBC ?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/

The BBC is a unique institution, owned by the British people and  
independent of political and commercial interests.


Yay !  Planet Earth (I agree that its superb) is owned by me !  And  
all thanks to the unique way that its funded ;-)