RE: [backstage] BBC announces 3G mobile syndication trial with Orange, Vodafone and 3

2007-04-02 Thread Andrew Bowden
Perhaps backstage.bbc.co.uk could have the streams for the purposes of a technical trial too? There's already been a technical trial with live streaming of BBC channels - the Multicast trial http://www.bbc.co.uk/multicast/ Can't have two trials doing pretty much the same thing. Would make a

RE: [backstage] Browser Stats

2007-04-02 Thread Brian Butterworth
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer Sent: 31 March 2007 19:38 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Browser Stats On 31/03/07, vijay chopra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 31/03/07, Peter Bowyer

[backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Brian Butterworth
Just to keep Auntie on her toes, another company that is a TLA has decided to not bother with wasteful DRM: http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2048195,00.html?gusrc=rssfeed =4 'In a major change of policy for a record label, EMI is expected to announce later today that it will begin

RE: [backstage] Browser Stats

2007-04-02 Thread Andrew Bowden
It's certainly doesn't work as an argument against misrepresenting statistics, but as they only person I know who did double-maths-with-statistics for A-level, I guess I am uniquely injured! It takes a certain kind of sadist to do that. It takes another to then take it to university

RE: [backstage] Browser Stats

2007-04-02 Thread Andre . Berthold
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Re: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Richard P Edwards
:-) As here... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6516189.stm For sure the vote will be said to not reflect public opinion, but 86% saying there should be less DRM is quite a statistical majority. I'm over the moon that higher quality is one of the future intentions, I am tired of

Re: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Andy
On 02/04/07, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to keep Auntie on her toes, another company that is a TLA has decided to not bother with wasteful DRM: http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2048195,00.html?gusrc=rssfeed =4 Or the BBC article on the matter (which doesn't

RE: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Jeremy Stone
The DRM free songs are going to be more expensive I notice $1.29 a song as opposed to 99c. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: 02 April 2007 14:27 To:

RE: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Jason Cartwright
I'd imagine at the quantities that Apple buy bandwidth, the extra cost of delivering the larger file will be negligibly more. Therefore what is this price increase paying for? Potential lost revenue when more people put the unDRMed file on the torrents perhaps? J -Original Message-

[backstage] Free TV Listings?

2007-04-02 Thread Simon Huggins
Haven't seen any comments on http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Free-TV-listings/ here yet. I don't suppose anything will come of it but it would be nice for people like http://bleb.org/tv/ Simon. -- -+// What's an elephant? A kind of badger, said Granny. She\\+- -+hadn't maintained

RE: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Jeremy Stone
Just to keep Auntie on her toes, another company has decided to not bother with wasteful DRM: Video content has developed pretty differently from music ... I wouldn't hold the two in parallel right now, [Steve Jobs] said. http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,2048507,00.html -

Re: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Mr I Forrester
Got to say I'd personally be happy paying up to $3 a song if it was DRM free and recorded at a high bit rate. Cheers Ian Jeremy Stone wrote: The DRM free songs are going to be more expensive I notice $1.29 a song as opposed to 99c. http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html

RE: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Kim Plowright
You'd pay $30 and up for an album on CD? Are you mad? I suppose you do get a convenient hard copy backup too... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mr I Forrester Sent: Mon 02/04/2007 18:53 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

Re: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Dave Crossland
On 02/04/07, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd imagine at the quantities that Apple buy bandwidth, the extra cost of delivering the larger file will be negligibly more. Therefore what is this price increase paying for? Potential lost revenue when more people put the unDRMed file on

RE: [backstage] EMI 'in no DRM deal'

2007-04-02 Thread Phil Winstanley
The increased price is paying for the perceived increase in risk to the copyright holder and to ensure that there's a choice which could potentially prove the demand for non DRM music is low (statistically). IMHO. Phil. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL