> I don't care if it wasn't funded the same way as roads. It was still publicly funded, just in a different way. I believe that anything that had compulsory pub

> I don't care if it wasn't funded the same way as roads. It was still publicly funded, just in a different way. I believe that anything that had compulsory public money going into it should be properly archived There is no compulsory public money going into the BBC, as evidenced by the fact that I was not required to pay a single penny to the BBC for the 36 years I lived in the UK. This is putting aside the argument that were it to be publicly funded, it must be properly archived. I don't know where that entitlement comes from.