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The Third Programme versus The Cartel
Nov. 18th, 2005 09:51 amYou might recall that the BBC offered the concerts broadcast in its Beethoven season for download, and many, many people did indeed download them, to the horror of the music industry. Never mind that the extra exposure and publicity and enjoyment certainly resulted in a net increase in classical CD sales. Never mind that these concert seasons are paid for out of the licence fee that we (pretty much) all in the UK pay.
It's the same mindset that regards stopping even one "fraudulent" or "undeserved" benefit payment as infinitely more important than making sure that all those who actually need that benefit get it, even when the control measures, bureaucracy and enforcement required cost hugely more than any conceivable "overpayments" they avoid. It's power, resentment and control - against generosity of spirit and what should be common fucking sense.
Anyhow.
Because of the Cartel's bleatings, the BBC are planning to restrict availability of downloads during the forthcoming Bach season. If like me and like the Open Rights Group you think this is a foolish, short sighted, counterproductive, mean and cowardly policy, you might like to mail rufus [at] openrightsgroup [dot] org to add your signature to ORG's open letter to Roger Wright, the controller of Radio 3.
It's the same mindset that regards stopping even one "fraudulent" or "undeserved" benefit payment as infinitely more important than making sure that all those who actually need that benefit get it, even when the control measures, bureaucracy and enforcement required cost hugely more than any conceivable "overpayments" they avoid. It's power, resentment and control - against generosity of spirit and what should be common fucking sense.
Anyhow.
Because of the Cartel's bleatings, the BBC are planning to restrict availability of downloads during the forthcoming Bach season. If like me and like the Open Rights Group you think this is a foolish, short sighted, counterproductive, mean and cowardly policy, you might like to mail rufus [at] openrightsgroup [dot] org to add your signature to ORG's open letter to Roger Wright, the controller of Radio 3.