Becky Hogge, Open Rights Group, on the BBC, iPlayer and DRM, interviewed by
Sean Daly
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| The first was that the use of Microsoft-only DRM was not a good way for the
| BBC to go. Now, we've worked since with the Open Source Consortium, and
| they're very concerned about this issue of platform neutrality and of market
| distortion, because with the BBC only using Microsoft DRM and only making its
| services available to Microsoft, there is the potential for market distortion
| there. And we always make the analogy that if the BBC developed a great new
| soap opera, but only let me watch it on a *Sony* TV, the public would be up
| in arms.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2214178,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
Apple iPod/iTunes class action changes venue
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| A court case instigated by a Florida resident named Fredrick Black alleging
| that "Apple's use of its proprietary DRM rather than Microsoft's version of
| DRM constitutes unlawful 'tying practices'" has been transferred to the
| California Northern District Court where a number of similar matters are
| running.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15266/1054/
Related:
Why DRM's best friend might just be Apple Inc.
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| DRM is dying. It's a statement being echoed with increasing frequency
| around the Web over the last few weeks, and is perhaps best articulated
| in this Billboard article. Antony Bruno lays out his case for why 2007
| will be the year that the major labels "get it" and stop alienating
| their customers with restrictive DRM schemes.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070111-8595.html
Apple DRM illegal in Norway: Ombudsman
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| Apple's digital rights management lock on its iPod device and iTunes
| software is illegal, the Consumer Ombudsman in Norway has ruled. The
| blow follows the news that Germany and France are joining Norway's
| action against Apple.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/24/apple_drm_illegal_in_norway/
Apple Users Petition Prime Minister
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| UK Apple users are petitioning the Prime Minister Tony Blair over the
| BBC's decision to make streaming media available to Windows users
| only. The BBC plans to launch an on-demand tv service which uses
| software that will only be available to Windows users.
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http://www.digmo.co.uk/misc/apple-users-petition-prime-minister/
Save the BBC from Windows DRM!
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| Clearly, shutting out 25% of your audience sits ill with the BBC's
| remit of serving all of its users...
|
| There is no denying that this is an extremely difficult area for
| the BBC, since it must negotiate not one but three minefields -
| those of technology standards, copyright and contract law. But
| there are still things that it could do without turning into a
| global advertisement for Microsoft's flawed DRM approach.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000183
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