I'm happy to take the BBC's money and produce content for it without any DRM clause. The BBC can find other suppliers. It doesn't have to stick with its current suppliers/friends/former employees-now-turned-private-production-companies. Break up the cartel and get some new life and new thinking into broadcasting.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 March 2008 17:00 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] iPlayer DRM is over? Quoting Ian Partridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > One thing I've always found unconvincing is the way the BBC bleats > "but the production companies won't let us distribute the content > DRM-free!". The BBC has major clout - it could say "from now on, all > production contracts we sign HAVE to allow DRM-free redistribution". > It could refuse to pay megabucks for that. Given the piss-poor state > that ITV is in at the moment, what would the rights-holders do? Take > their bat and ball and go where exactly? The rights-holders need the > BBC just as much as the BBC needs them - if not more. The BBC *has* to get a certain percentage of its output from third-party production houses. They have the BBC over a barrel, and it wouldn't be wise of the BBC to upset them by doing anything like pointing out that DRM doesn't work. This needs reforming... - Rob. - 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/ - 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/
