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		maccard on July 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Music piracy is down but still very much in play This is so true. I find it the same with BBC IPlayer - I live in the UK but travel home regularly, and have a 3 hour train journey. Despite having an active Sky subscription in the UK, and paying a TV licence in the UK, if I want to watch a show hosted on iPlayer there isn't any way to do it from Ireland. I normally end up having to download them before I go from other sources, which I hate doing..

RansomTime on July 3, 2015 | [–]

You can download it directly from the BBC using get_iplayer

http://www.infradead.org/get_iplayer/html/get_iplayer.html

maccard on July 3, 2015 | | [–]

Wasn't aware of that, thanks!

jamespo on July 3, 2015 | [–]

I believe the BBC should hand out a username/password with the license fee for access to their online services. Maybe this would require a change to their charter.

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