{"id":2936,"date":"2016-08-04T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.davelevy.info\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2023-03-07T08:51:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T08:51:16","slug":"site-blocking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/site-blocking\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Blocking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC have got themselves a change in the law to charge a licence fee if you use internet devices to watch BBC’s on-demand and catch up content. This was originally written before I restated my No TV declaration. Their web site makes it clear that mobile devices are covered by any licence paid irrespective of the billing address.\u00a0 Before discovering this, I was considering writing a browser extension to warn when accessing iplayer’s tv sub site, but I came to the conclusion that it will be better to program the hub to block the iplayer site. Here are my notes.<\/p>\n

Home Hub<\/h3>\n
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  1. ‘blocking a web site’ at BTCare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Browser Extensions<\/h3>\n
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    1. How to develop a firefox extension<\/a> at mozilla.org<\/li>\n
    2. About Safari extensions<\/a> at Apple<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The Law<\/h3>\n
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      1. BBC iPlayer ‘loophole’ to be closed soon, says culture secretary<\/a> reported by …er!… the BBC<\/li>\n
      2. Television licensing in the United Kingdom<\/a> at wikipedia, which says that portable devices are covered for use anywhere by a licence at an other address. If so, I don’t need to do anything.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        More Shite<\/h3>\n
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        1. The Register reconstructs the Telegraph’s project fear piece<\/a> on a new “Detector Van” technology which allegedly sniffs the encrypted Wi-Fi signals; they recommend using a Ethernet cable. (After paying the licence obviously).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Related articles<\/h3>\n

          Sadly the related articles provider has gone, it recommended these articles.<\/p>\n

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          1. BBC iPlayer loophole finally ends: From September, you’ll have to pay<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. BBC iPlayer will require a TV licence from next month<\/a><\/li>\n
          3. What you need to know about changes to TV licences<\/a><\/li>\n
          4. BBC iPlayer to Require Licence Fee From September<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            ooOOOoo<\/p>\n

            Image Credit: Jessica C @flickr CC 2005 BY-NC-SA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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