David Woodhouse wrote: > I don't think it's particularly off-topic at all. We're talking about a > technical measure which gratuitously prevents the kind of development > and collaboration which I thought this list was supposed to promote and > encourage.
This is a "discussion list for anyone keen to build interesting new prototypes or proofs of concept with BBC content." where BBC content would presumably be that supplied by the BBC under BBC Backstage, ie. at <http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data>. I don't think never-ending arguments about DRM are in the spirit - at least, I don't think anyone has mentioned a prototype or proof of concept they'd be able to do if iPlayer didn't have DRM (and of course, you'd also have to be given the right to do whatever the prototype or proof of concept was, which I doubt the BBC would easily be able to arrange). As has already been said, there is nothing stopping anyone taking a DVB stream and doing what they like with it (in accordance with the law, of course). Unless iPlayer is magically going to interfere with my Freeview signal somehow? :-) -- ATB, Matthew | http://www.dracos.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
