Open Standards consultation has just gone live. This is important stuff
http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/ Please respond
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2010/06/ofcom-opens-debate-on-net-neutrality/
Ofcom today published a discussion paper on the practice of internet traffic
management – a technique used by network operators and internet service
providers (ISPs) to stem or accelerate the flow of traffic over the
The awful UK Digital Economy Bill is being debated in the House of Lords today,
and it might just get more awful.
An amendment that would open the door to nationally censoring entire websites
by getting an injunction on claims of copyright infringement -- so YouTube or
WordPress.com might disap
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/no_bbc_trust_probe_iplayer_swf_verification/
The governing body of the BBC has no plans to investigate the Corporation's
decision to block open source implementations of RTMP (real-time messaging
protocol) streaming in the iPlayer, despite grumbles from ma
--- On Sun, 28/2/10, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
> From: Jonathan Chetwynd
> Subject: [backstage] indefinitely live BBC archive?
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Date: Sunday, 28 February, 2010, 17:38
> indefinitely live BBC archive?
>
> my daughter (age 13) asks:
>
> why can't the BBC make so
> The streaming servers have enabled SWF Verification, which
> makes absolutely no sense
The Register have also covered this
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/24/iplayer_xbmc_adobe_swf_verification/
Technically easy to beat, but given that by passing "copyright protection
mechanisms" is illeg
Consultation paper on the Government's proposal to open up Ordnance Survey's
data relating to electoral and local authority boundaries, postcode areas and
mid scale mapping information. Please write your own response if you care about
this kind of thing.
http://www.communities.gov.uk/publicatio
http://futureofprivacy.eventbrite.com/
We live in a unique time in our technological history. The cameras are
ubiquitous, but we can still see them. ID checks are everywhere, but we still
know they're going on. Computers inherently generate personal data, and
everyone leaves an audit trail ever
--- On Wed, 7/10/09, Tom Morris wrote:
> From: Tom Morris
> Subject: Re: [backstage] "free london's data" event
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Date: Wednesday, 7 October, 2009, 5:54 PM
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 17:18, Brendan
> Quinn
> wrote:
> > We want the input of the developer community
--- On Thu, 1/10/09, Frankie Roberto wrote:
> From: Frankie Roberto
> Subject: Re: [backstage] The BBC is encrypting its HD signal by the back door
> To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
> Date: Thursday, 1 October, 2009, 11:39 AM
>
> 2009/9/30 Nick Reynolds-FM&T
>
>
> Cory's piece is inaccurate i
Open Rights Group, Which?, talktalk, BT, Consumer Focus and Orange responding
to the governments plans to disconnect users from the internet because some one
has _accused_ them of infringing copyright.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6819093.ece
Sir, We agree that the cr
http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/41978/BBC+Worldwide+trials+behavioural+targeting+network.htmlBBC
Worldwide has begun trialling behavioural targeting across its portfolio of
magazine sites.
The BBC's commercial arm has appointed behavioural targeting specialist
AudienceScience to collect and anal
http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2231993/project-kangaroo-under-threat
Project Kangaroo, a video-on-demand joint venture by the BBC, ITV and Channel
4, is under threat following a ruling from the UK Competition Commission that
the platform would restrict competition.
The watchdog said th
Hi all,
There's a Barcamp (now sold out) running on the weekend of the 27th. For those
who don't know about it, see here:
http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarCampLondon5
If you did not mange to get a ticket but wanted to go, I know there are a lot
of people in this position, we're having our own, min
The Open Rights Group's report into e-counting of votes cast in the London
Elections is out today.
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/07/02/org-verdict-on-london-elections-insufficient-evidence-to-declare-confidence-in-results/
The report finds that:
"there is insufficient evidence available
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2008/05/08/bbc-removes-doctor-who-fans-knitting-patterns-from-the-web/
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/09/bbc-sends-legal-thre.html
Mazz has been posting knitting patterns to help other
people re-create characters from the cult series using
only two sticks and bal
--- Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 13/03/2008, Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'll post my letter to the MP who brought it up
> tomorrow :-)
> >
> > MP's don't generally respond to letters from
> non-constituents.
>
> As long as he reads it, that's okay.
>
It does work on my Ubuntu. Adobe Flash Player 9
- Original Message
From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 12:16:23 PM
Subject: Re: [backstage] flash streaming version of iplayer is live
Nice to see the BBC have made sure that it doe
For more details on this see
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2006/12/06/gowers-review/
-
the length of copyright on sound recordings is 50 years from the date of
publication - it is this second date that the BPI, PPL, Musician's Union, et.
al. wanted to 'harmonise' upwards to life + 70.
Vorbis is an audio codec, Theora is a video codec. Ogg is the transport layer
that both are stored in, so a video file will be Theora-encoded data inside an
Ogg file, while audio is normally Vorbis-encoded data inside an ogg file.
- Original Message
From: Richard Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTEC
The Open Rights Group commented on this yesterday.
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/10/16/bbc-u-turn-full-iplayer-service-may-never-be-available-to-mac-and-linux-users/
Heres the text, if you want the in line links you will need to get them from
the above link.
Yesterday, the BBC announced th
>I'm beginning to suspect my nearly-three year old daughter of being
a Linux zealot in-waiting. She doesn't understand the word "wait"
either.
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2007/09/06/number-10-responds-to-iplayer-petition/
Number 10 responds to iPlayer petition…
…And it’s pretty lacklustre. Ove
ething they can't
actually use
On 13/08/07, Glyn Wintle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I wonder if BT is worried about being seen to operate in a cartel with other
ISPs on this issue.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/13/bt_denies_iplayer_worries/
Author: Chris Williams
BT has
I wonder if BT is worried about being seen to operate in a cartel with other
ISPs on this issue.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/13/bt_denies_iplayer_worries/
Author: Chris Williams
BT has denied reports that it is working with other ISPs to pressurise the BBC
or consumers into paying ext
Computer researchers in Ottawa claim to have created an on-the-fly system that
lets them embed private key watermarks and quality of service data into audio
streams in real time, even when implemented in Java.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070809-research-targets-the-holy-trinity-of-aud
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,100121,39286141,00.htm
When the European Commission launched a streaming
video service last year which excluded Linux users,
large swathes of the open source community became
deeply angry. Now, a Surrey local council has shown
that open source operating syste
--- Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> If you come up with a solution to distribute content
> that satisfies all
> the requirements of the relevant rights holders then
> there is whole
> industry of people willing to give you money.
> Otherwise, its Windows
> Media Player DRM all the way
27 matches
Mail list logo
