On 28-1-2011 14:15, scott wrote:
>>> Does that explain it?
>>
>> It doesn't explain why I am not allowed to watch iPlayer.
>
> (I assume it's because you don't live in UK)
>
> The rights the BBC has for programming is totally separate to how the
> license fee system is set up. For almost all the TV programs the BBC
> don't have (and don't want) the rights to show it outside the UK. They'd
> rather sell these off to foreign broadcasters (if they own the content)
> or simply only pay for the UK rights. The only way it is possible for
> iPlayer to exist is if it's only accessible to UK residents.

Someone once suggested that the restrictions are because we foreigners 
don't pay the licence fee. That they don't want us to watch because they 
want to sell the programs abroad makes sense.
 From an economic point of view at least. I find it always a bit 
discomforting if I am not allowed to see something because of where I 
live. Probably because the most common use is to prevent people *within* 
a country to see something. Though used for a different reason this is 
the same sort of technology.

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