[SWLUG] SSH tunelling

[Steve Hill]

On Fri, 13 May 2011, Lisi wrote:

>> Compare to broadcast radio - the broadcaster has negotiated a broadcast
>> (distribution) licence with the rights holder and the viewer needs no
>> licence to listen to that content.
>
> Only because most people now have television, so it made more financial sense
> to include the radio licence in the televison licence, rather than make
> people buy two licences, which the licensing authoroty then had to collect.

No, the TV licence has nothing to do with copyright and is therefore a 
separate issue.

You do not need to negotiate a licence with the copyright holder in order 
to listen/view copyrighted content.

For certain technologies (i.e. TV), you are required to obtain a licence 
from the _government_ in order to receive it, whether or not it is 
copyrighted material (i.e. you don't get a reprieve from buying a TV 
licence if you only use your TV to watch old out of copyright films).

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