Over the last couple of days we have been heartened to see that the national media has finally cottoned on to a fact we have stated since day zero - new legislation intended to prevent unlicensed use of the BBC iPlayer is totally unenforceable.
A copy of an article from yesterday's Metro is posted above.
As of yesterday iPlayer users need a BBC account to access the service. In order to get a BBC account the user needs to input their date of birth, email address and post code - or rather they need to input a date of birth, email address and post code. Apart from a verification email sent to the email address provided, the BBC has no way whatsoever of verifying any of the other details provided.
Contrary to a report in yesterday's The Sun, users are not required to input their TV licence details to access the BBC iPlayer. As TV licences are attached to properties rather than individuals, making a user input their licence details would serve no useful purpose at all.
Suppose, just for one fleeting moment, that a user signed into the BBC iPlayer and the BBC somehow, magically, knew that they didn't have a valid TV licence for their home address. What would that prove? Absolutely nothing is the answer.
Of course the BBC wants people to be under the illusion that its all seeing TV licence enforcement regime can spot an unlicensed iPlayer user at a hundred paces. Total bull.
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