notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) writes:
> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) writes:
>>
>> > Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) writes:
>> >>
>> >> > Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Some critics of the iPlayer, notably advocacy group the Open Source
>> >> >> Consortium (OSC), has said that programmes should be made available
>> >> >> without these digital locks.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> However, Mr Highfield said this was not possible.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "We wouldn't be able to launch the iPlayer at all without digital rights
>> >> >> management," he said.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "The rights holders - the people that make the programmes, from Ricky
>> >> >> Gervais to the independent producers that account for up to a third of
>> >> >> our programming - simply wouldn't have given us the rights to their
>> >> >> programmes unless we could demonstrate very robust digital rights
>> >> >> management."
>> >> >
>> >> > Mr Highfield is off his trolley. Anyone in the UK can record any BBC
>> >> > programme and copy to DVD without running into DRM issues.
>> >> >
>> >> > There are other solutions to control overseas distribution rights of UK
>> >> > licence payers' programmes which could be implemented without
>> >> > inconveniencing any UK users.
>> >> >
>> >> > It's a curious state of affairs where UK TV viewers pay a compulsory tax
>> >> > to one unaccountable broadcaster, who then empoys a monopolist to
>> >> > restrict what the tax payer has already paid for.
>> >>
>> >> Not quite true. The license payer can record the program when it is on
>> >> with no issues.
>> >
>> > The iPlayer feed is no more than a viewer scheduled repeat.
>>
>> With DRM? Can you record from it?
>
> Precisely. That's one reason the iPlayer is wrong.The other main
> complaint is the use of a monopoly platform which in a licence fee
> funded environment is completely wrong.
Precisely what? So its not "no more than a viewer scheduled repeat"
then? Its much more restrictive.
Well, you could argue that something needs to be done - or people who
have NOT paid a license fee can access the stuff.
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