On 15/08/07, Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Certainly. > > From my occasional online journal... > > He's arguing that the BBC's use of DRM in its new iPlayer service > will legitimise the spread of DRM - at least I think that's what he's > thinks he's arguing. Actually, it's a reason-free rant against DRM > from the "Everything should be free and fluffy - we're great, big > business evil, woo - MEMEME! I WANT it for nothing NOW!" brigade. > > Well for me iPlayer will legitimise BitTorrent, as soon as it's out of Beta, I will feel no moral obligation not to download the latest Dr Who, or whatever (I do currently; I've never torrented a TV programme). After all, the BBC will then be giving content away free on demand, I'll just get it in a different, non-crippled way.
I firmly believe that a lot of people who've never downloaded before will start torrenting as well. Once they find that programme they "recorded" off the internet has stopped working, they'll be annoyed, and see nothing unethical about downloading it from another source (one that actually works). Vijay.
