> > We only have the BBC's word that the content providers have forced > > them to develop iPlayer this way. > > There is a built-in detection mechanism. We can ask the content producers.
Or just read the evidence they gave to MP's as part of the All Party Internet Group's inquiry into DRM "PACT* put it another way, telling us that the movie business analysis is that in order to beat "piracy" they must ensure that legal versions are available, and they consider TPM** essential for this." * PACT = Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television = content producers trade body for tv ** TPM= Technological Protection Measures = DRM http://www.apcomms.org.uk/apig/current-activities/apig-inquiry-into-digital-rights-management/DRMreport.pdf - 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]/
