On 13/03/2008, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/03/2008, Phil Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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?
DRM means "technical protection mechanisms" that are intended to prevent unauthorised usage which is also restricted by copyright law. When the BBC limits the MP4 stream to Apple hardware devices, it is implementing DRM, which it is certainly illegal to break in the USA (because of the DMCA law) and I believe illegal to break across the EU, including the UK, because of the EUCD law. (But I don't know of people being jailed under EUCD, whereas dozens have been in the USA.) This is true even if the DRM is detecting a User Agent string; a key improvement in GPLv3 is to disclaim GPLv3 software as not a technical protection mechanism. -- Regards, Dave - 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]/
