The article above shows a debate between the BBC and their audience that uses BBC iPlayer for free, without a TV license. Since a lot of people who use iPlayer for free, the BBC have now came up with a way in which the BBC can stop them from using it without a TV license. They have come up with the idea to add a password to it, so people who use the iPlayer and have a TV license can still view their soaps etc but with a password. However, the BBC are still researching on this investigation and therefore, the password idea will not happen until 2017. A BBC spokesman was interview and this was their response to this: A BBC spokesman said: “There are no current plans for passwords to be used for enforcement but that could change.” The article also talks about how they want the BBC to be personal to the audience.
- A password will be added to those who don't have a TV license
- Many people use the iPlayer without a TV license
- The password setting will be added in 2017
In my opinion, I believe that the password setting is a good idea. This is because of the fact that people are getting BBC iPlayer for free and some of the audience are having to pay for it. Therefore, I believe that this is unfair and if some of the audience have to pay for it, then everyone should pay if they want to view it. In addition, I also believe that the whole idea of charging the audience to view BBC iPlayer is a bad thing. I think this because ever since iPlayer was found, it was always free and no one had a problem with it costing. However, now that everything is in demand, all of a sudden they went to charge everyone. There are many arguments about the fact that this is the only on demand source that has gone from being free to charging the audience; the only reason it was very popular is because of the fact that it is free. Therefore, this is why I believe that this is bad idea.
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