However, in the case of

offshore radio i think that the fact that as far as a government is
concerned , the platform is not important and any attempt to broadcast
freely over a wide area would be seen as a threat.

Yep! They certainly will....

 The point is that the government are complete control

freaks these days.

...especially of this much talked about 'digital revolution'....
The fact is that in times of desperation,disaffected people always seek out truth and honesty.As this financial crisis finally comes to a head in the next few weeks we may all have to face some very unpalatable truths and proponents of the digital revolution on here may hopefully start to see things differently.Meanwhile lets go back to 1978 with this one hit wonder from Jilted John: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN45OjB-cCU