[Sderby] BBC iplayer pertition

[Darren Fuller]

Sorry for the quick follow up email, but
this<http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/closed_consultations/ondemand_pvt_faqs.html>is
worth a read as it explains the BBC's position on DRM and
cross-platform
availability.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/closed_consultations/ondemand_pvt_faqs.html

On 03/07/07, Darren Fuller <daz.fuller at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 03/07/07, J D Freeman <sderby at quixotic.org.uk> wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:58:33AM +0100, Adam Armstrong wrote:
> > > You claimed that the BBC was discriminating against you because you
> > run
> > > $nonstandard_os.
> > >
> > > The BBC is not discriminating against you, they've merely made a very
> > > sensible commercial decision not to support your choice of operating
> > > system. Much like they don't support the Amiga, OpenBSD, Solaris,
> > > Commodore 64 or Oric Atmos.
> > >
> > > You speak as if you deserve, nay, that it is your inate right to have
> > > access to the content on any platform you so chose. The BBC have
> > chosen
> > > Windows has the logical platform to supply the content on, as it hits
> > > the widest possible audience.
> > >
> > > Just because you make non-standard choices, doesn't mean the world has
> > > to bend to meet you. Such arguments are why people hate Unix/Mac
> > users.
> > > You have no rights. Once it's beneficial for people to care about you,
> >
> > > they will. Until then, you're the outsider. Live with it.
> >
> > Fantastic, now to offer for you a few corrections.
> >
> > Point 1: Not offering the iPlayer on anything other than windows is the
> > equivilant of the following announcement:
> >
> > "as of next month, BBC TV programs will only be viewable on Sony
> > televisions.
> > We always aim to reach as many of our potential market as possible, and
> > market research indicated that Sony has the highest market share on the
> > world
> > wide TV market."
> >
> > Point 2: There is no technical reason that the BBC should not support
> > many
> > OS's.  The BBC has one of the best research labs for video compression,
> > they
> > don't need to buy in MS, they have it all in house.
> >
> > Point 3: The BBC has a charter from Her Majesties government to provide
> > information services to the the British people. As such, they are
> > required by law to make their programming as accessable as possible.
> > Which is why you will find they have programming for the deaf, etc...
> >
> > As such, by ignoring a large proportion of the populance, (about 10% of
> > the populance use a unix based OS), they are failing their public duty.
> > Whats more significiant here tho, is not just that linux and Mac aren't
> > going to be supported, but neither is windows 98,me,2000,nt. Which
> > between them account for another large proportion of the user base.
> > Which results in the support for XP service pack 2 only, being actually
> > a good deal less of the populance than you might think. Note, as of the
> > last info I had, Vista wasn't supported properly either, yet.
> >
> > Now if you want to go out and fork out alot of money to watch the BBC's
> > programming, spending several hundred pounds on an XP license, you are
> > welcome to. However personally I feel the BBC has a public duty to not
> > discriminate on its user base, and in releasing the iPlayer, they are
> > doing just that.
> >
> > J
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> Looking at it as well the content is DRM'd ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/imp/),
> what is the point?  I can use my PVR to record programme in case I miss it
> and it won't expire or I could record it to a DVD and again it wouldn't
> expire.
>
> So in addition to restricting the number of people who can access the
> content they're also limiting the amount of time it can exist on your
> computer to 7 days.
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