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BBC Activates DRM For Its iPlayer Content
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| "The BBC has quietly added DRM to its
| iPlayer content. This breaks support for
| things like the XBMC plugin as well as
| other non-approved third-party players. The
| get-iplayer download page has a good
| summary of what happened, including links
| to The Reg articles and the BBC's response
| to users' complaints."
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/03/28/192246/BBC-Activates-DRM-For-Its-iPlayer-Content
Stop BBC âDigital Rights Managementâ from disabling your HD TV
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| The BBC want an offshore consortium of
| entertainment companies called the "Digital
| Transmission Licensing Administrator" to
| decide how your high definition TV and
| video can work.
|
| The American courts rejected these
| draconian restrictions, so the DTLA has
| chosen to pick on British TV viewers
| instead.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/stop-bbc-drm
OSI Opposes Barriers To Open Source Software For Television
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| The Open Source Initiative Board has added
| OSI to the list of organizations asking
| that the BBC not be allowed to add digital
| restriction measures to digital broadcasts
| in the United Kingdom. The BBC's request to
| do so is being reviewed by the UK
| regulator, OfCOM, and OSI is supporting the
| position statement from the UK's Open
| Rights Group and encouraging others to do
| likewise.
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http://www.opensource.org/node/513
EA's Own Employees Annoyed At Pointless DRM Solutions
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| However, now it appears that it's even
| pissing off EA employees. Slashdot points
| out that the editor of EA.com got really
| frustrated over the game kicking him out
| because his DSL was flakey:
|
| "Booted twice -- and progress lost --
| on my single-player C&C4 game because
| my DSL connection blinked. DRM fail. We
| need new solutions."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100326/1637388740.shtml
Valve dishes DRM dirt
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| We reported last week that Ubisoft's latest
| anti-piracy measures caused a barrage of
| complaints. It was revealed that the system
| forced gamers to login via the publisher's
| website in order to play and required users
| to have a constant Internet connection.
|
| On behalf of Valve and 99.9 per cent of the
| gaming industry, Newell said he thought
| that DRM, in its current form, is
| restrictive and a damaging customer
| experience.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1596469/valve-dishes-drm-dirt
Command & Conquer 4 requires constant online connection
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| EA proudly declared that C&C4 has "NO DRM"
| but clearly this is not the case. C&C4 will
| boot you if your connection drops, making
| it no less insidious than Assassin's Creed
| 2 and Silent Hunter 5. Electronic Arts is
| trying to justify the DRM by saying the
| game updates user statistics, but it's a
| poor excuse given that other games simply
| wait until a player is back online to
| update stats.
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http://www.destructoid.com/command-conquer-4-requires-constant-online-connection-168117.phtml
French pirates 'dodge' tough laws
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| A small-scale study shows that some French people are changing their habits and
| getting pirated music and movies from sources not covered by the law.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8592444.stm
Peers warn of backlash fears over digital radio
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| The government could face a public backlash
| over its plans to switch national radio
| stations over to digital transmission,
| peers have warned.
|
| The Communications Committee of the House
| of Lords says there is "public confusion
| and industry uncertainty".
|
| It said people were still buying analogue
| radios which will be out of date in a few
| years' time.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8591942.stm
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