I understand that the financial pressures make the BBC do its best to ensure licence fees are paid and that protecting overseas sales of orogrammes is the main reason they do not allow programmes to to viewed outside the UK, so broadly I agree with their policy.

However it is irritating when i am not allowed to view a program on a laptop when i am abroad on holiday or business when exactly the same setup and people would be find if we were in Edinburgh or Torquay. So i think eventually the BBC will end up issuing tokens that can be installed on pne machine only and are referenced to your actual tv locence.