I'm really happy to see it happening...... slowly.Also, why are Mac users still second for the iMP - I use my Mac for far more things than the average PC user, and it always works. With Digidesign plugins they have a demo mode where the length of the demo determines how long it can be used for on any computer..... why can't the archives be sent out with a mode incorporated where they actually stop working on a machine after a certain length of time, then the BBC could apply any rule they wished to the viewing time available for a file... it does help with the piracy as well.
On 7 Nov 2005, at 15:40, James wrote:
Releasing iMP to the world would almost end piracy of the BBC's content. Releasing it to the UK would still keep all the BBC's content available over the net through the standard ways. What better way to maintain control and quality than to irradicate the need for piracy of BBC content..?I actually wouldn't object to paying for this as a seperate service and I wouldnt be suprised if this is not the way forward for non-uk citizens. Seems fair enough, we pay our £££ per year and if Joel from America wants it, he can but it'll cost him a percentage of the standard lic. fee.Andrew Bowden wrote:Hmm, I didn't know that. I wonder how you get them to move the licence to a new property when you move house if you don't have a licence number? The online form[1] has the licence number as a required field.I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR that my telly licence has a unique reference number with it.This is going back a few years (say about 3-4). I used to buy my license from the old Post Office, and those didn't have a unique number on them. The ones you get sent by TV Licensing do.I remember filling in that form back in October 2001 and thinkingexactly the same! IIRC, I just put down that I had no license number.But there wasn't a knock on my door, and when it came up for renewal, the letter came from the right address. -Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/ 2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http:// www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/-Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/ mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail- archive.com/[email protected]/
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