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BBC to demand logins for iPlayer in early 2017

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Re: But surely...

> My point was that asking you to put in a postcode to provide regional services is pretty useless given, as you say, mobile devices nowadays means it could be in use anywhere.

The law has covered this for years. You can legally use a 'battery powered' device at any location so long as your home is licensed. It creates a peculiar situation where a student watching on a laptop in their digs is covered by their parent's licence unless they plug the laptop into the mains.

I am curious as to how this login thing will effect radio and S4C content as neither require a TV licence to consume.

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