> Hi Jeremy, > From your first link: > "This requires the BBC to develop an alternative DRM framework to > enable users of other technology, for example, Apple and Linux, to > access the on-demand services." > They do realise that this will be virtually impossible, don't they? > any iPlayer client that offers "DRM for Linux" will be replaced by a > client that offers a DRM free experience within days, if not hours. > It'll be a double-whammy since the DRM free version will be ported to > Windows as well, a DRM free Linux version probably wouldn't be. > More licence fee money down the drain there.
Any DRM system will be hacked regardless of platform. GNU/Linux is no exception. Does that make any "Linux DRM" potentially any less secure than a Windows version? I doubt it myself. Work has already been done in this area - for example, Sun's DReaM project (https://dream.dev.java.net/) - 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]/
