PasTim wrote: > This can't be right. The onus has always been on the user not to record > things for public performance, or to keep for an extended period. There > never has been anything the BBC could do to stop people recording > things. My Dad used a reel-to-reel tape recorder. DRM wouldn't have > worked then, and still won't unless they switch off all analogue radio.
This is called "'the analogue hole' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole)" in any copy protection scheme, and it's inevitable. But there are other inevitable holes in copy-protection because it has to be in some unprotected state at some point between the network and the speaker. Content-owners put up with the analogue hole because (a) it's inevitable and (b) at least there's some small loss of quality each time it's used. Oh, and it has an effective speed limit. Content-owners put up with non-analogue holes as long as exploiting them is enough hassle to prevent copying getting *too* rife. For example, if you're determined, you can copy a retail BluRay -- but for most people it's too much of a fiddle. If it weren't for all of this, the BBC could just stream everything as MP3 on sensible URLs -- like their podcasts. The reason they don't is that many of the places they buy their content from, will not allow it to be made available in such an easily rippable way. Don't shoot the messenger - I'm just trying to communicate the landscape the BBC is trying to navigate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ukslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63519 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53229 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
