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FOSS documentary on BBC World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the here's-something-for-your-eye dept.

Zoxed writes ""A two-part documentary, 'The Code Breakers' will be aired on BBC World TV starting on 10 May 2006. Code Breakers investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world." The first part is screening tonight on BBC World."

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  1. Re:i like this part from TA by Ilex · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    £120 is probably a lot for the people who have a television and don't use any BBC services. I'm not one of them, but consider that perhaps it is unfair to charge £120 a year to someone who just wants to watch the Movies on Sky. I'm not one of these people (I only use Freeview), but the blanket £120 sum is unfair.


    At £34 per month (£408 year) for Sky Moves the £120 per year doesn't seem too bad + you don't get any advertising on the BBC channels. The TV tax only has to be paid if you are able to receive the BBC channels. As Sky and Cable carry the BBC channels then the license fee has to be paid. If you had a TV which isn't connected to any form of tuner then you don't have to pay the fee. So if you just want to watch DVD's and use your TV to play console games then you don't need to pay. A premium subscription to an online DVD rental club will also be a lot cheaper than the $KY subscription anyway.

    Also consider, people sharing a residence (read:students) have to pay the tv licence per head. Four people in one residence means £480 a year; and everyone in the residence has to pay it (saying 2 of the four don't watch tv doesn't save you paying for all four).


    Just have a TV in the communal area then you can all share the cost of license. It only applies for TV's intended for your sole use e.g your private room.

    I expect a lot of students these days leech TV episodes off Bittorent and watch them on their computer screens so they don't have to pay the license fee. I know that's what I'd do!

    All this because the country is filled with baby boomers, many of whom were given state grants for their entire further education, and who don't give a damn about young people; they just want tax cuts on medium incomes, and this just means that poorer people pick up the bill.


    The baby boomers are spoilt, but in reality it's the middle income hard working people who are picking up the bill for supporting the idle. Single mothers / Asylum seekers who have never done an honest day work in their lives living in a council house rent free and driving BMW / Audi's courtesy of Mr and Mrs tax payer.