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BBC starts experimenting with the Fediverse, running its own Mastodon instance (social.bbc)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah definitely. I remember the fake "Detector Vans" designed to frighten people but I suspect going forward with more and more younger people only using Netflix/Amazon Prime etc their attitude will have to change.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They tell you to notify them if you don't need a license, but it changes fuck all, you still get letters every couple of months that get increasingly more threatening. It's so dumb.