On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 16:54, Ian Forrester <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I think this is the issue, in a nutshell. > > I can't, won't talk for the rest of the BBC but it seems if your streaming > iplayer content inside the UK on to your PC device, that's fine. However if > you download the files your on the wrong side of a line. > > If it was that simple that would be great but if your streaming to a consumer > device/appliance then your also on the wrong side of the imaginary line.
Why, though? Why is an 'appliance' somehow different? In fact, why is ANY of this different to me recording a copy with a PVR[0] (a copy which, incidentally, I can keep pretty much indefinitely and in a format which is convenient)? The whole thing is a very effective mechanism for driving even the most fledgling of tech-savvy consumers to $P2P_SITE_OF_CHOICE, and frustrating the rest. Honestly, I understand that some rights-holders erroneously believe that these kinds of distinctions and restrictions prevent anybody from doing they shouldn't be while not preventing anybody from doing anything they ought to be able to when the only available evidence points to the exact opposite being the case, but I still don't understand why the BBC perpetuates this myth to the detriment of both the license and consumer experience. The BBC, collectively, _does_ know better, yet is toeing the party line. What happened to informing & educating and the public purpose? M. - 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]/
