Re: [Scottish] Re: BBC/DRM

2007-02-23 Thread Ben Thorp
It should probably be pointed out that the BBC finished their consultation process before the original email was sent. The objections raised by both Mac and Linux users was noted in their response, and they are looking to have an available client for other platforms as soon as possible, but

[Scottish] Re: BBC/DRM

2007-02-22 Thread Robert Johnston
Erm, not everything on the BBC is produced in-house, they commission programming from outside production houses too. I think it's a bit of a stretch to suggest we own the BBC and its content - we may fund it, but that doesn't mean we're assigned ownership. I think I was pretty careful to

Re: [Scottish] Re: BBC/DRM

2007-02-22 Thread William Anderson
Robert Johnston wrote: [bbc snippage] Regarding ownership -- yes, we do own the BBC, just as we own the NHS. Who else would own it? This is s off-topic for this list, but ... the BBC owns itself; it's a private company[1] operating under Royal Charter[2]. While it may intend to operate