majones wrote:
> Andrew Scott's blog comment ("we have never published those (RTMP)
> streams as “syndicated” ... but it turns out that people
> have reverse engineered these streams ... which is against the terms
> under which they are provided") indicates that he believes that we
> shouldn't have them in the first place - probably because the BBC has a
> license for RTMP that specifies its use for iPlayer but not syndication.
> For anyone that's not a party to such license terms, there's nothing to
> stop them from hot-tapping into the streams, but they can't look to the
> BBC for support. I'm just speculating, but it would explain why RTMP is
> a topic the BBC won't discuss.I think you are spot on. Part of the BBC's
> unwillingness to communicate
is that they know in the real world people are busy getting round all
their restrictions and there is little they can do about it. They don't
want to be forced by third parties to change things yet again. They are
probably under an obligation to use "reasonable endeavours" to prevent
use of the streams, and provided they have done that, it is not their
problem if others are trying "unreasonably" hard to get round their
blocking tactics.
If Squeezeboxers want to have a continuing LA service, they should
probably keep their heads down on the BBC forums. Stirring things up
may force the BBC to change tack again. Thanks to BPA et al I now have
Listen Again providing 320 kbps AAC HLS via RTMP using the original
hacks. I even have BPA's Extras plugin working again. That is a lot
better than I had before this crisis and want it to stay that way!
Matt
http://www.last.fm/user/MJL-UK
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