Re: BBC
"Doubtless they will claim iPlayer is just a nice service they provide, totally unrelated to TV licence."
It has been made clear that legally you need a TV licence to watch BBC iPlayer programmes - either live or time-shifted.
That system operates on trust and geographic IP address blocking. Which is no different from people in the UK watching the digital terrestrial broadcast programmes on a TV - which also depends on trust and geographic limited signal coverage.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
