Tom Loosemore wrote:
Why would he agree to talk to groklaw about DRM if that wasn't his
intention? It's not like him saying no to their interview request
would have been hard... and rights holders do know how to share
links...
You will find if you spider the backstage blog etc that I actually
suggested he talk to groklaw. He was being very silent and his interview
with some guy who was sucking up to him all the way was really offputting.
The reason suggested he talk to groklaw was because compared to
anyother media source, this is one that would he would at least get
asked decentish questions on by someone who understood.
listen to the interview with the bbc employee and you will hear him
suggesting vapourware solutions to DRM - basically he doesnt get that
DRM stands for Digital Restrictions Management and hence only gets the
idea about copying, NOT freedom)
this needs to be explained to him.
I don't see how the policy laid out in
http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20071118205358171
squares with your assertion that current BBC policy is that "DRM is
desirable" - unless I've missed some more recent statement, which is
quite possible.
isten to the interview and you will indeed hear that DRM is desirable,
though not from a copy-prevention point of view necessarily
But right now I've got access to a non-DRM'd BBC programmes on my
mac. And I've got a clear policy laid out in writing from the relevent
BBC director stating the BBC's desire to drop DRM. I'd call that
progress, albeit too slow for my liking.
please please please EVERYONE
listen to this, then comment.
http://blip.tv/file/get/Cubicgarden-backstagebbccoukAshleyHighfieldOnIPlayer648.ogg
(other formats [mp3, aac] at
http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/10/iplayer_drm_and_1.html)
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