I've just emailed the BBC, for the 2nd time (they ignored the first one)
complaining abut the fact that access to the streams and programs on their
site is limited to flashplayer only.
I don't suppose they'll do anything other than fob me off with a lot of
nonsense about DRM and ease of access (interestingly, whilst trawling the
site looking for how to complain I came across a list of "older phones we
don't support anymore", so it looks as though they too are playing the "if
you want access, go and buy new hardware" game).
It strikes me that perhaps a petition or lobbying campaign is in order.
However, not wanting to make a complete fool of myself I thought I'd check a
couple of things out first.
1) Does anyone know of a way to access their content (preferably without
using "get iplayer" - if illegality is the only method, then fair enough,
though that doesn't go to solving the live radio streams issue)?
2) Are there even enough people concerned enough to add their names? I notice
that the UK seems to be largely absent from many of the lists of
organisations and volunteers involved in the FSF movement.
I'm very new to the FSF thing (less than a month). Back when I started using
Gnu/Linux in 2002, listening to the BBC was very easy as there was a
selection of bit rates and formats available to choose from. Now its seems to
be flash or nothing.
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