On 13/03/2008, Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone complained direct to the content providers?
Unsure, I am not sure they are breaking the law. The BBC is a public body and their are tight restrictions on what it can and can't do. Thus it is more likely it is committing an offence under the law. > i.e. have you found a BBC programme you'd like to watch which includes the > property of a > third-party and written to that third party petitioning them to re-think > their stance on DRM? Erm, I was talking about locking the MP4 stream to iPhone what has this got to do with DRM now? > Perhaps they are the ones you should be complaining about. There is a huge problem there. We only have the BBC's word that the content providers have forced them to develop iPlayer this way. Given the BBC has not got a good track record when it comes to honesty[1][2][3] this may be entirely untrue. I am not about to contact the E.U. when I have no evidence it isn't purely the BBC making these decision. Andy [1] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/19/nbbc119.xml [2] http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2072794.ece [3] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=486295&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=256 -- Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. -- Adam Heath - 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]/
