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I concur - there is no excuse to copy copyright materials only to then sell them - likely in inferior form - on such websites as eBay etc. Unfortunately in one fell swoop - with an arrogant disregard for its customers aka licence fee payers - the BBC has swelled the population of those carrying out illegal activities such as file sharing, torrent downloading and breaking copyright video / audio programmes. And this was all without warning - last Monday week. I am referring to the terminating of iPlayer services for mobile devices. For years the BBC failed to support a number of mobile platforms. So - legally - a group of enthusiasts created a set of Pearl scripts that could identify and download BBC t.v. and radio programmes from the servers. These files could then be played on the numerous mobile devices that the BBC did not support. After once playing the files could then be deleted. Those in the UK saw it as their right to do this, having paid the licence fee, whilst the BBC ignored their needs. However last Monday week - without so much as a rumour - the BBC switched all of its iPlayer feeds off including all of its RSS feeds. This has upset thousands of licence fee paying customers. No longer is it possible to download programmes of choice to play on mobile devices. Those with expensive smart t.v.s that are BBC iPLayer enabled are also less than happy, in that iPlayer no longer plays on them. The BBC apparently expects everyone to use desktop computers to view / listen to in real time its t.v. and radio streams. Apparently the BBC has in the pipeline a replacement system - but this is only in development and will not be accessible to enthusiasts. And instead of some parallel running between the old and proposed new systems, the BBC simply switched off the old system without leaving any alternatives. So folks (in the UK anyway) are now seeking alternative methods to access their chosen programmes. These include p2p file sharing, sharing via the Cloud, torrent downloading, and the like. And once folks have experience just how easy these all are their illegal activities will rocket. So if you experience dramatic increases in illegal file sharing of copyrighted works then blame the BBC for setting the latest trend. C.J.Brady P.S. The whole sorry saga is summarised here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/posts/Introducing-Platform-API