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Subject: Re: I've just sent them this:

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Date Posted: 03:24:09 12/17/03 Wed
In reply to: jimscrivener 's message, "I've just sent them this:" on 03:13:10 12/17/03 Wed

>The world has changed since the charter was originally
>made. Nowadays substantial numbers of expatriate
>British citizens work within the EU yet they are
>actively prevented from access to BBC services. There
>is no technical problem in providing such access but
>energy is spent on actively stopping viewers and
>listerners. Despite this, 10's of thousands do watch
>illegally and provide no revenue and cause copyright /
>distribution problems.
>

Just one minor point: IMHO the statement "watch illegally" is inapproriate (at least in any democratic country) about any FTA service (and BBC is FTA now!) whatever the broadcaster may think.

>Surely it must be possible to provide extra income and
>copyright protection by allowing legal
>subscription-based access for citizens willing to pay
>anywhere in europe. This income could be a significant
>support for the BBC's programe making in the UK. The
>current situation is ridiculous and probably illegal
>under the "without borders" directives.
>
>There is a strong sense that this issue is just
>repeatedly ignored - but it will become more and more
>of a problem.
>
>The BBC's charter must be changed to also allow it to
>sell access to normal UK TV and radio to British
>citizens outside the home country but within the EU.
>
>Jim Scrivener
>Budapest
>Hungary

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: I've just sent them this:	Charles	09:04:51 12/17/03 Wed
Where to write -- repcrac, 01:54:43 01/07/04 Wed