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OSI "categorically rejects" IIPA's attack on open source
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| The Open Source Initiative has condemned the
| International Intellectual Property Alliance
| (IIPA) for unjust attacks on open source. The
| IIPA is pushing for the US government to
| blacklist a number of countries for their
| open source policies. The OSI's strong
| criticism appears in a blog posting on the
| OSI site by the president of the Open Source
| Initiative, Michael Tiemann, who points out
| that the IIPA is singling out countries such
| as Indonesia for having open source policies
| which are already implemented by governments
| and businesses across Europe and the US. He
| writes "It is a blatant case of selective
| enforcement, one which hides the absurdity of
| it's claims by the narrowness of their
| application".
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OSI-categorically-rejects-IIPA-s-attack-on-open-source-947123.html
BBC iPlayer Content Protection Enhancements
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| A number of our users have expressed
| concern about BBC iPlayer's recent content
| protection enhancements. It's a complex
| area so I asked our techical team for an
| explanation of what has happened. Here it
| is:
|
| We make iPlayer content available in a
| variety of media formats (WMV, H.264, 3GP,
| MPEG, etc) many of which are open source,
| or at least not tied to a particular
| company's products.
|
| In order to respect the rights agreements
| that allow us to make the content
| available in the first place, we use a
| range of content protection techniques and
| technologies:
|
| - for downloads, we use digital rights
| management systems (Windows Media, Adobe,
| and OMA)
|
| - for streaming, we use systems like SSL,
| RTMP, RTSP, HTTP
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/03/bbc_iplayer_content_protection.html
BBC claims angry iPlayer plugin mob 'conflated' open source term
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| Hunter said people had drawn the wrong
| conclusion because the first iPlayer users
| to be affected by the change were linking
| to the BBC's Flash streams. Auntie has now
| added what the BBC online MD described as
| "similar protection levels" to that which
| already existed with its open source
| streams.
|
| At the same time, he reaffirmed that the
| iPlayer is available in a range of media
| formats, based on open source and/or
| proprietary tech.
|
| "The discussion around this issue suggests
| that two different uses of the term 'open
| source' are being conflated," said Hunter.
|
| The Beeb hasn't altogether blocked out
| open source formats, he noted. But he also
| acknowledged the "unfortunate" demise of
| the open source XBMC plugin, which
| "stopped working" after the BBC tightened
| up its "content protection".
|
| Hunter also reminded UK iPlayer viewers
| and listeners that the corporation uses
| Windows Media, Adobe and OMA digital
| rights management (DRM) systems for
| downloads, while streaming is subject to
| (acronym alert!) SSL, RTMP, RTSP and HTTP
| DRMs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/05/bbc_iplayer_rtmp_open_source_response/
Recent:
BBC blocks open source software from iPlayer video service
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| The BBC has enabled SWF Verification for its
| iPlayer streaming video service. This content
| protection mechanism has locked out users who
| consume the iPlayer video content with open
| source software.
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http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/02/bbc-blocks-open-source-software-from-iplayer-video-service.ars
BBC activates iPlayer Flash verification - Locking out open source - Update
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/BBC-activates-iPlayer-Flash-verification-Locking-out-open-source-Update-940515.html
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