On Saturday, I was reading an article in the Grauniad about how some savvy manufacturers (including Nike) take advantage of fan and derivative products to promote their own brands.

By contrast, the Beeb is harrying someone who has published knitting patterns for Dr Who monsters on her web site.

They have all the stultifying lack of imagination of a monolithic corporation without any of the accountability to "customers". A pretend commercial enterprise funded largely by the taxpayers of the UK.