signed On 10/07/07, Terence Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Liquorish wrote: > > After seeing a lot of posts about getting media from sites such as > > bbc.co.uk <http://bbc.co.uk> working I saw this on the Nottingham LUGs > > mailing list: > > > > Hi all, > > The BBC iPlayer - which provides access to BBC programming for up to > > > > 30 days after it's aired - will be released as a Windows only > > application, including DRM facilities to restrict users rights, for at > > least the first 2 years of the service. > > > > The Open Source Consortium is running a campaign against the release of > > > > the Windows only iPlayer product - including a formal complaint to the > > EU on the issue. > > > > To show your support for this issue, please take a moment to sign this > > petition: > > > > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/ > > > > and show your support to the OSC by posting us a message (via the > > Contact Us area of the website), or joining the OSC: > > > > http://www.opensourceconsortium.org/ > > > > Please feel free to forward this message to any groups or mailing lists > > that may be interested in our campaign. > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Jason Liquorish - Bassetts > > OpenPGP Key - http://www.dropshock.com/jason.gpg > > > > http://blog.dropshock.com > Have you read the press release on this[1]? > It seems that the BBC are not developing the iPlayer for just Windows. > From the press release: > "We are committed to making it as easy as possible to use BBC iPlayer. > Developing a version for Apple Macs and Microsoft Vista is absolutely on > our critical path." > > Although they still seem to be totally ignoring the whole Open Source > community and <opinion>probably have no plans to release a *NIX > version.</opinion> > > Without even asking the BBC I can already tell their what response would be: > "Blah blah blah... We are committed to opening our services to the > widest range of people... Blah blah... We have to respect the rights of > the publishers of their media... Blah blah... Currently there is no way > of accessing DRM "protected" media on Linux... Blah... We are currently > working on this.. Blah... Thanks for your comments.... BLAH" > (end rant) > > > [1] > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/06_june/27/iplayer.shtml> > > > Terence > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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