[barny]

I posted it because the explanation given makes absolutely no sense. The fact that it is not funded by the licence fee is not an explanation. It might be a reason to show adverts on the page, but it is not a reason to restrict access. I find it ridiculous that a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation is producing content that can be accessed from any country but Britain, regardless of how it is funded.

[mootothemax]

I posted it because the explanation given makes absolutely no sense.

Well that's a different question to the one in the post title ;-)

The fact that it is not funded by the licence fee is not an explanation... I find it ridiculous

It is an explanation, albeit one that you don't like. Fair enough. My worry is that people will kick up a huge fuss over this when, frankly, it's a storm in a teacup.

[EwanToo]

It's absolutely not an explanation as far as I'm concerned.

BBC Worldwide does operate in the UK, it sells DVDs, magazines, etc, so there seems no reason to lock UK users out of a specific website just "because" - the explanation they give does nothing to expand on the "because" element.

[andyjohnson0]

Its not that he doesn't like the explanation. Its that he doesn't understand the explanation because it doesn't make any sense.

And I don't understand it either.

(UK citizen living in UK, big supporter of BBC)