[backstage] Digital Economy Bill

A glimmer of hope ? BT and TalkTalk may go to court to try and overturn the Digital Economy Act - passed just before Parliament was dissolved for the election. Two of the largest ISPs in the UK want the High Court to confirm that the Act is legal and that disconnecting persistent file

Re: [backstage] Digital Economy Bill

Bad new as well I just came across the following: Our content protection requirements have to cater for the widest possible number of content providers, including giving reassurance to those looking to support pay-per-view and subscription access to film, said Canvas's chief technology

[backstage] Big Game Fishing

If at first you fail: I have re-submitted a modified (shortened and simplified) complaint to the BBC and look forward to learning about the limits of my understanding of the law with regard to public service obligations the human rights act and the copyright design and patents act. The

[backstage] Audio levels on iPlayer material (again)

I posted a while back asking about why iPlayer videos start loud then get quieter a few seconds later... It's hard to hear with most materal, but this programme exhibits the effect beautifully: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kntl1/The_Birth_of_British_Music_Han del_The_Conquering_Hero/