BBC blocking articles from UK residents

Re:BBC blocking articles from UK residents by Fuxy on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @08:07AM (#5983950)

So showing ads is the problem right? Then don't show adds to UK citizens and let them read the damn thing instead of blocking the article? Then BBC International can charge BBC for showing "add free content" to UK citizens and that would take care of the formalities.

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Re:BBC blocking articles from UK residents by _delirium on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @09:47AM (#5984435)

They are not allowed to do that, either, due to lobbying from the private media companies. The companies managed to push through a rule that the BBC cannot show any content in the UK whose production was funded commercially, even if they showed the result ad-free in the UK.

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Re:BBC blocking articles from UK residents by ronaldx on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @12:24PM (#5985597)

Showing ads is not really the problem. Using public money to compete with industries (i.e. Rupert Murdoch) who can place very high lobbying pressure on them not to do that is the problem.

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Re:BBC blocking articles from UK residents by orsenfelt on Thursday July 04, 2013 @09:30AM (#5990525)

No the problem is that the content was created with the intention of making profit and the BBC aren't allowed to do that in the UK.

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