I'm an American and I want to watch the Olympics. What do I do?

Post by jamesharker » Tue, Jul 31, 2012, 12:08 AM UTC

sudonim wrote: post #165

jamesharker wrote: post #146

I'm actually quite surprised to see so many posts on HN discussing ways to pirate Olympic content. The BBC is restricted to UK IP addresses for a reason. Every household in Britian pays the equivalent of around $230 per year for the right to watch live television, whether it be on your phone, laptop or TV. The BBC has a finite amount of resources to spend on hosting online content & if the whole World logs on to watc…

Hi James. I now own a TV Licence. I'm in the US. Is it still pirating if I watch the BBC feed through a VPN? There's no higher cost of transmission for the BBC - they're sending it to a UK based IP and then I pay a monthly fee for that transmission to the US. https://img.skitch.com/20120729-8nkr9edjmm4966yt8qm1sfyg5t.p...