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		basisword on July 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to watch the Olympics, live, from the United S... No commercials. The BBC is funded by UK taxpayers through a license fee (about £12 per month).

egwor on July 29, 2012 [–]

So it basically means that everyone doing this is breaching various licensing agreements

jevinskie on July 29, 2012 | [–]

Yes, I would love to be able to pay the BBC some amount to watch their iPlayer broadcasts of the Olympics but I'm sure NBC would never let that happen.

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