Re: Lawsuits inbound
I don't imagine the BBC thinks it's above the law.
Above this law? No, I don't think they feel above that law specifically. What they're doing is protecting their archive and access to it.
But above the law generally? Well, yes, they do think they are above the law. How else to explain Jimmy Saville, who's activities seem to have been common knowledge at the BBC? Quite how they have avoided a significant police investigation into who covered up what and whether they're still doing it, is a mystery to me.