The obstacles in a DRM-free world
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| Existing DRM-free services like eMusic, or those with some non-DRM inventory
| like MusicNet and of course Apple, are out there but don't cover a lot of the
| artists I like and have nothing like the inventory you'd find in a decent
| record shop.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7022157.stm
The BBC clearly does not take the advice of its own columnists.
Now watch this
Streaming future of internet TV
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/7017794.stm
"Illegal content" heading with a large YouTube logo right next to it. Buy
why??? Wouldn't Microsoft just love that? Microsoft has been pushing its
proxies and various companies to attack YouTube (Google).
Related:
BBC Corrupted
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| Today the BBC made it official -- they have been corrupted by Microsoft. With
| today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most basic of
| duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line distribution
| of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating
| system to view BBC programming on the web. This is akin to saying you must
| own a Sony TV set to watch BBC TV. And you must accept the Digital
| Restrictions Management (DRM) that the iPlayer imposes. You simply cannot be
| allowed to be in control of your computer according to the BBC.
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http://defectivebydesign.org/blog/BBCcorrupted
BBC plans to lock viewers into Microsoft monopoly says Open Source Consortium
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| The Open Source Consortium (OSC) believes the plans are anti-competitive
| and will use public money to lock viewers into the technologies of
| a repeatedly convicted monopolist.
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http://www.publictechnology.net/article_avantgo.php?sid=7655
Beeb slammed for 'fawning' to Bill Gates
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| BBC viewers have flooded the corporation with complaints over how it
| covered the launch of Microsoft Vista earlier this week.
|
| In one cringingly servile interview worthy of Uriah Heep, the
| Beeb's news presenter Hugh Edwards even thanked Gates at the
| end of it, presumably in appreciation at being allowed to give
| the Vole vast coverage for free.
|
| In other TV news items presenters excitedly explained how Vistac
| ould be obtained and installed - details courtesy of the BBC's
| website.
|
| But British viewers, currently forced to pay a £131.50 licence
| fee to maintain the BBC's "impartiality", were less than impressed.
|
| Scores got in touch to complain that so much was Auntie up Bill's
| bum that you could barely see her corset.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37411
http://slated.org/bbc_microsoft_bias
Brits! Act now to save the BBC from Microsoft
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| The BBC are holding an open consultation regarding how they're
| going to delivery on-demand content, they want answers to
| questions like: "How important is it that the proposed seven-day
| catch-up service over the internet is available to consumers who
| are not using Microsoft software?"
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/31/brits_act_now_to_sav.html
Microsoft sets spinners on court verdict
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| Microsoft may have lost in court, but it quickly tried to win the war of
| media reaction via organisations like CompTIA, the Computing Technology
| Industry Association and ACT (the Association for Competitive Technology)
| which both intervened in court on its side.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/17/reaction_microsoft_verdict/
Explained: what does this mean for you?
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| TV companies such as the BBC and Channel 4 use Windows Media Player as the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| basis for their new video downloading services. If the programme is no longer
| available on the vast majority of PCs, then it could open the door for rivals
| to make gains in this growing industry.
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http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2171250,00.html
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