People keep asking why the BBC can't do ads for their programs overseas. The simple reason is it's against their charter. The biggest plus point of the BBC is that it's independant from government or from sponsors, if they start displaying ads themselves then they potentially will lose some of their independance as they take in the consideration of sponsors.
Yes I know BBC programs contain ads when shown overseas but these are put in place by whoever buys the series, not the BBC so they still make the series without much outside influence.
My understanding is that the US created the protocols, what is classed as the World wide web, was created by Europe so the tld servers should really be in the EU by that logic.
Do we want really want the last place where we have some form of freedom of speach controlled by a country thats all but run by businesses or do we want it run by an organisation that has every user from around the world's voice and a lot less influenced by companies.
Not to mention if it's run by a collection of countries it stops a leader deciding that as something's based in a single country then that countries laws should apply
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People keep asking why the BBC can't do ads for their programs overseas. The simple reason is it's against their charter. The biggest plus point of the BBC is that it's independant from government or from sponsors, if they start displaying ads themselves then they potentially will lose some of their independance as they take in the consideration of sponsors. Yes I know BBC programs contain ads when shown overseas but these are put in place by whoever buys the series, not the BBC so they still make the series without much outside influence.
My understanding is that the US created the protocols, what is classed as the World wide web, was created by Europe so the tld servers should really be in the EU by that logic. Do we want really want the last place where we have some form of freedom of speach controlled by a country thats all but run by businesses or do we want it run by an organisation that has every user from around the world's voice and a lot less influenced by companies. Not to mention if it's run by a collection of countries it stops a leader deciding that as something's based in a single country then that countries laws should apply