[Gllug] Reminder - Protest BBC iPlayer Tomorrow - Tuesday August 14

[Ashley Evans]

Peter Brown wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 10:51 +0100, Ashley Evans wrote:
>   
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> I think that this is great but I thought the the BBC, after the 
>> e-petition was so successful, to re-engineer the player so as to include 
>> osx and linux users.  Have I missed something?
>>     
>
> Hi Ashley,
>
> Two things. First, they are pushing ahead with DRM regardless. So the
> main thing we need to do is to help the BBC Trust reverse the decision
> on DRM.  Right now, we see around us EMI and Universal dropping DRM from
> their catalogs. DRM simply doesn't work and consumers avoid it. The BBC
> has a history of standing up for open access, so the decision to use DRM
> is flawed.
>
> Second, BBC executives have said that a two year deadline to get a
> platform neutral iPlayer released is "unworkable", and the only thing
> they are committed to is a 6 monthly review of the situation. So no
> GNU/Linux support for at least two years - and then only if you accept
> DRM. That is the extent of their commitment.
>
> If they reverse their decision on DRM we could have a universal iPlayer
> within months. 
>
> Thanks
>
> peter
>
>   
Thanks Peter and Richard.  Of course I should have noted that the 
Trust's current criticism would still lead to the DRM restrictions being 
in place on other platforms.

Good luck tomorrow!

Ashley

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