Forwarding this on from the Ubuntu UK mailing list, apologies if people are already aware of it here...<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Liquorish
</b> <<a href="mailto:jason@dropshock.com">jason@dropshock.com</a>><br>Date: Jul 10, 2007 2:45 AM<br>Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Petition against BBC iplayer<br>To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
</a><br><br></span>After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as <a href="http://bbc.co.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bbc.co.uk</a> working I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs mailing list:
<br><br><pre>Hi all,<br> The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to<br><br>30 days after it's aired - will be released as a Windows only<br>application, including DRM facilities to restrict users rights, for at
<br>least the first 2 years of the service.<br><br>The Open Source Consortium is running a campaign against the release of<br><br>the Windows only iPlayer product - including a formal complaint to the<br>EU on the issue.<br>
<br>To show your support for this issue, please take a moment to sign this<br>petition:<br> <a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/</a><br><br>and show your support to the OSC by posting us a message (via the<br>Contact Us area of the website), or joining the OSC:<br> <a href="http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/</a><br><br>Please feel free to forward this message to any groups or mailing lists<br>that may be interested in our campaign.<br><br>Thanks!</pre><span class="sg">-- <br>Jason Liquorish - Bassetts
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