I think the point is that the DRM screws with what people might *expect* to be able to do with content in certain circumstances. ie I can record it with my PVR - why not with my computer/iplayer combo?
Richard On 19/06/07, Ian Betteridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 19/06/07, David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From DVB this is nice and easy -- I stream MPEG to a file and she can do > what she likes with it. (Well, I then do what she tells me she'd like.) Actually, she can't do what she likes with it: she can do what the law allows her to do with it. This is an important point, and shouldn't be ignored in the debate. Does the misguided iPlayer DRM scheme allow this? Why should it? It is not removing her ability to record the programme: she simply has to use the DVB stream to do it. What you're doing is the equivalent of someone getting into an automatic car and complaining because it's removed your right the change gears. Just go buy a with with gear shift, and stop complaining.
-- Richard B. McMillan
