[Wolves] Real audio stream ripper

[Jon Farmer]

Stuart Langridge wrote:

> Ah, that's not the same thing. The BBC are, indeed, not obligated to
> *supply* content in a fashion that we demand. However, Matt's point
> was, I think, more that he has a right to listen to it in any format he
> chooses, as long as he's prepared to put the work in to get it from the
> BBC's chosen output format into his choice of format. I think that
> Auntie Beeb would acknowledge that you are quite welcome to watch BBC
> television in NTSC, as long as you're prepared to do the PAL->NTSC
> conversion; they are not obliged to supply it to you in NTSC format. The
> DRM issue, as you know, is more around how some content (which includes
> Real, theoretically) is supplied in a way that makes it extremely
> difficult or impossible for you to listen to it in a format and at a
> time of your choice. Up until relatively recently the only thing that
> could decode Real streams was RealPlayer, necessitating nasty
> sound-device-based hacks or a wire from speaker to microphone socket to
> dumpa Real stream to a more accessible format; the advent of third-party
> software like mplayer that can do it makes it a lot easier now.

I acknowledge my analogy was not the best, however the point I am, quite 
ineffectively to date, trying to make is I believe you *DONT* have the 
right legally to convert from one format to another without the 
copyright holders express consent.


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