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# Sky would never stand for it
they love their free money that not many people realise goes to them yet they charge people to watch anyway.
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 9:01, archived)
# Years ago Murdoch was going to refer the licence fee to the European court
But he was "paid off" by the Beeb
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 9:10, archived)
# Interesting, how many years ago?
James Murdoch, the chief executive of BSkyB ... went on to question the licence fee that funds the BBC. He called it a "tax on the population".
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 9:18, archived)
# It seems that Murdoch jnr has more guts than Murdoch snr
I referred to Ruport Murdoch and it would be about the time that Sky bought out British Satelite Broadcasting (late 1980's-early 1990's ?)
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Thu 10 Apr 2008, 9:32, archived)