[Wylug-discuss] BBC via bittorrent? (was:advice on ebook reader or similar...)

[John Hodrien]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Tim Schofield wrote:

> Downloading it would certainly not be legal, but the bbc would be in
> breach of its charter by making it available only to owners of certain
> computers with an operating system produced by one manufacturer. It
> would be like them saying that future bbc programs could only be
> viewed on a Sony television.

I don't think they have an obligation to make it equal on every platform.
There's no suggestion that streaming is likely to stop working on linux via
flash, so for me that'd satsify their charter responsibilities.

jh