Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread vijay chopra
On 24/07/07, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, to summarise; we couldn't implement the player on all popular platforms then (which we realise is a problem), but we are working to do it now, and we'll get the system out to the majority of users now, hitting our initial target launch

RE: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread Jeremy Stone
BBC staff/execs have talked about on the list many many times. We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of vijay chopra Sent: Tue 7/24/2007 7:37 PM To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread Gordon Joly
At 08:45 +0100 25/7/07, vijay chopra wrote: On 24/07/07, Richard Lockwood mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, to summarise; we couldn't implement the player on all popular platforms then (which we realise is a problem), but we are working to do it now, and we'll get the

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread vijay chopra
On 25/07/07, Jeremy Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem I know that you guys don't mind talking Jem; the intent of my FOI request was to get full, detailed *documentation* behind many of the important decisions behind iPlayer. I have to say

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread Brian Butterworth
You won't get anything, the FOI Act makes provision for the witholding of documentation relating to commercial negotiations. On 25/07/07, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 25/07/07, Jeremy Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread vijay chopra
On 25/07/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You won't get anything, the FOI Act makes provision for the witholding of documentation relating to commercial negotiations. The whole point of the BBC is that it's not a commercial entity (at least domestically). Besides, if I don't

RE: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread Simon Cobb
] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition On 25/07/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You won't get anything, the FOI Act makes provision for the witholding of documentation relating to commercial negotiations. The whole point of the BBC is that it's not a commercial entity (at least

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread Martin Belam
The whole point of the BBC is that it's not a commercial entity (at least domestically) Although it would find it mighty hard to put anything on the screen if it didn't have confidential commercial negotiations with the companies who rent buildings, make cameras, do transmission, provide

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-25 Thread Gordon Joly
At 13:04 +0100 25/7/07, vijay chopra wrote: On 25/07/07, Jeremy Stone mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We really don't mind talking about this... thanks Jem I know that you guys don't mind talking Jem; the intent of my FOI request was to get full, detailed *documentation*

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-24 Thread Richard Lockwood
Gosh. And let's say there are, as a round figure, ten million computers in homes across the country. So that's, let's see, 0.1% of computer users (assuming just one person uses each computer) who are bothered. Hardly a groundswell of public opinion, is it? More people than that vote for the

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-24 Thread vijay chopra
On 24/07/07, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More seriously, if there's no announcement about (at the least) a release date for a version for Mac by the end of the year, they may have a point, but at the moment I still say the BBC are doing absolutely the right thing, given the

Re: [backstage] Over 10,000 sign BBC iplayer petition

2007-07-24 Thread Richard Lockwood
OK. You've picked and chosen what you see as relevent. Let's read the rest. At the time, the only two solutions deployed at scale on the internet were Microsoft's DRM, and Apple's Fairplay DRM. Fairplay did not include the ability to expire content, and therefore could not meet the minimum