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Brits: The BBC is forbidden from undertaking any commercial activity within the UK in their charter. While obviously quite integral to the way the BBC works and
by fredley 10y ago
Brits: The BBC is forbidden from undertaking any commercial activity within the UK in their charter. While obviously quite integral to the way the BBC works and is able to work, this sort of restriction is a weird side-effect.
- moftz 10y agoIs the article blocked in the UK?
- falsedan 10y ago> We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of > our international service and is not funded by the licence fee.
- djaychela 10y agoYes, somewhat of a surprise to me when I went to read it. Obivously I understand the reasoning behind it, but it's a weird side effect, particularly when it's available on a website that I assume isn't directly charging users, but I guess it's the best way to avoid any sniff of a conflict on the BBC's charter.
- detaro 10y agoIt has advertising on it, and that's probably not allowed for core BBC?
- djaychela 10y agoNo, but previously it was possible to access some commercial BBC services in the UK in the past (I'm sure it was beeb.com, but could well be wrong). It was clearly marked as being a commercial site, etc., but I guess the landscape has changed with Internet advertising since then and it's far easier for your information to be exploited without realising it now?
- tomhoward 10y agoAs mentioned above, this archive link works: http://archive.is/hfA17 http://archive.is/hfA17
- Sean1708 10y agoI'm a bit confused about why this is considered a commercial activity; there's no advertising, or paywall, or anything like that.
- vertex-four 10y agoIt likely takes its funding from private sources rather than the TV license.