well, this is nothing short of a scandal. I only hope it’s not true, although i suspect it is. In which case I only hope that enough people cause a fuss. This organization is not allowed to unduly mention Nescafe in a programme, yet can seemingly try to force anyone wanting to stream media they have already paid for using a proprietary OS that is on the wane anyhow.
The last time i mentioned this I was impressed that someone from the Beeb left a comment. The gist of the comment was that streaming radio was always going to be ok, as if this was an answer. For radio I thank you, but what about the rest. Of course what will actually happen regardless is that, independently of the BBC’s efforts, others will host the shows anyhow, as they do now. This whole mess is caused by the insane belief that DRM can somehow stop people copying and distributing 1s and 0s. It can’t. The BBC is just forcing people to do something “illegally” because they are unable/unwilling to do it the BBC/microsoft officially sanctioned way.
October 16, 2007
bbc bastards redux
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“media they have already paid for “- just a little quibble, from some one working on the inside who actually agrees with you stated desires: You have alrwady paid for it to be shown on telly, and perhaps repeated once, but you (and the BBC) have explicitly NOT paid yet for it to be put on the internet. It’s a pain in the proverbial, and arguably a legal aframework that’s underwriting an obsolete licensing model, but it’s the law. Sorry.
Comment by ant — December 7, 2007 @ 10:12 pm