[FC-discuss] Letter to the BBC

[MJ Ray]

Timothy Cowlishaw <timcowlishaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> The other, slightly ridiculous aspect to all this is that, AFAIK, the  
> BBC's charter includes provisions that prevent them from negatively  
> affecting the competitiveness of the broadcast market. [...]

It might, but we know that's rubbish.  The way that
http://news.bbc.co.uk has been allowed to marginalise competitors like
www.ananova.co.uk or the used-to-be-good http://uk.yahoo.com are ample
demonstration that the BBC can pervert the market first and ask
public-value questions later.

BBC adopting particular operating systems as the only ones permitted
for the TPM-laden timeshifting-law-rewriting iPlayer is another
example of them perverting the marketplace.

If they used their weight in the public interest more, for example by
insisting on TPM-free leases for online distribution, then it wouldn't
be so disappointing.

Regards,
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