Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 29 June 2007 08:51 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 27 June 2007 12:01 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> ____/ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 27 June 2007 00:16 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>> [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>>>>>> http://www.pact.co.uk/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Seems to be the UK TV equivalent of the MPAA, especially the branch
>>>>>>> known as the Producers' Rights Agency (PRA).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A "PACT" indeed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seems appropriate... Pact with the devil an' all that.
>>>>>
>>>>> RAKT would have suited better... you defend media with DRM, we defend
>>>>> Windows. It's quite the racket.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ahh, starts to make sense.
>>>
>>> New article (glorifying the BBC of course):
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/6245062.stm
>>>
>>> See what Mr Highfield, a Hollywood martionette, has to say.
>>>
>>> "I am fundamentally committed to universality, to getting the BBC iPlayer to
>>> everyone in the UK who pays their licence fee," said Mr Highfield.
>>>
>>> Errr.... so how come you chose the Microsoft monopoly route?
>>>
>>> It's outrageous. I hope that Iain and Mark will get their complaint in the
>>> EU warmly accepted. It's the type of nepotism and favouritism nonesense that
>>> get people deeper and deeper in monoculture. The BBC covers up for Mr
>>> Highfield. The good ol' boyz club.
>>>
>>
>> It is indeed. The proper solution is to ask for licence details and
>> verify people that way, then stream using standard players, not promote
>> a Microsoft-only solution.
>
> Is Mr Highfield and the BBC part of the Conspiracy or just a helpless victim.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqwz59YF03c
>
> As radical as he may seem (not a great speaker either), he does make a valid
> point. All these relationships are connected through partnerships, lobbying
> arms, and proxies that are very much visible. Nobody intervenes because it's
> the money that reigns, not the benefit of the ordinary citizen. Makes me think
> of another Russian Mafia in the making...
>
Of course these things are connected - this does not, in any way, excuse
the limiting of access to material paid for by licensees to those who
happen to use a particular type of proprietary software.
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