Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> BBC to suspend its education Web site
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The BBC will suspend its $289 million children's education Web site,
>| BBC Jam, following complaints made to the European Commission that
>| the site unfairly effects the commercial market for such content.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-6167894.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>
> This is amazing. BBC being tax-funded aside, you can't help but wonder this:
>
> The Land of "Nothing for free"
The problem with this shutdown is it quite incorrectly assumes that the
BBC content was affecting sales of other materials. Part of the BBC's
charter is to educate - it's what they're there for, what their role is.
One wonders if the same businesses will try to shut down the open
university, too? Ahh, no, probably not - bullying children and denying
them educational material is fine, but you can't do that to adults, can
you?
I wonder if the BBC's content could be borrowed and re-hosted somehow?
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