1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Listen. I don't know how much most people will care 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: about the drama that's unfolding with the BSA. Obviously, here 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: in radio world we do because these people are our watchdog. 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: But if you enjoy watching people try something on and 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: then be forced to retreat, you might enjoy this one. 6 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: So what's happened here, what's kicked this off, is that 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: the BSA apparently decided in secret that they would give 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: themselves permission to tidy up not just New Zealand's TV 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: and radio, but now also the entire Internet. And the 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: first outfit that they've come after is the Platform. Now, 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: my personal dealings with the BSA have led me to 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: believe that the people drawn to sitting on bodies like 13 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: the BSA are not always the country's deepest thinkers, and 14 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: this case only reinforces that, because if you thought about 15 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: this for any more than ten minutes, you would realize 16 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: the BSA should just leave the Internet alone. The BSA 17 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: can't police the entire Internet, it's too big. What are 18 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: they seriously proposing to send Joe Rogan a fine for 19 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: three thousand New Zealand dollars if someone in New Zealand 20 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: complains about something he said, they can't even realistically police 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: the part of the Internet that New Zealand uses. It's 22 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: too big, too many podcasts, too many videos, audiophiles, live streams, 23 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: you name it, which means they're going to have to 24 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: pick and choose what they police and crack down on 25 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: in the Internet, which will inevitably lead to them being 26 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: accused of bias and favoritism, which is exactly what has 27 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: happened here, because the first lot they've come after is 28 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,479 Speaker 1: the Platform, which, if you know the story, was set 29 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: up on the Internet precisely to avoid the BSA and 30 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 1: its rules. So what a surprise that it's the first 31 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 1: one the BSA comes after. What a surprise that they're 32 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: coppying a huge amount of flack and resistance from all 33 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: over the show, including Winston and David semol. It seems 34 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: to me there is a way out of this for 35 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: the BSA. They'll have to back down because this is 36 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: just an interim decision. I think they might have to 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: abandon it and their plans foret domination may have to 38 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 1: also be abandoned, and then they will have to eat 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: some humble pie, which surely would have been obvious to 40 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: them if they had only thought about it like the 41 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: rest of us, for about yeah, I don't know. Ten 42 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: minutes For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive to News Talks. 43 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast 44 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.