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Re: [News] BBC: Oh no! The EU is after us for being Microsoft's b**ch and forcing Windows+DRM

  • Subject: Re: [News] BBC: Oh no! The EU is after us for being Microsoft's b**ch and forcing Windows+DRM
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:10:01 +0100
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> EC threat to BBC over downloads

I hope they get a good whipping.

And when the EC's finished with the BBC, they ought to turn their
attention to these:

http://www.channel4.com/4od/get4od/sorry.jsp
http://preview.itv.com/soaps/

AFAICT these are the people at the root of the above problems:

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.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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