I'm glad to hear this. It would certainly would be worth a trail. As I said before, I would much perfer BBC money going to British people who work on the programmes (in PACT-companies and at the BBC too) than being spent on Microsoft and DRM.
If the BBC published live stats about the viewing of programmings from the iPlayer then it could all be in the open for some time and then PACT members could work out how much money they would get. Also, it would make sense for the companies to leave their content on the iPlayer if they don't intend to reissue it (perhaps even if they do) if that means a share of a BBC "net cake". As I said before, the iPlayer should be a library, not a newsagent. So, the proposal would be to: a) Launch bbc.co.uk/iplayer/stats - showing live details of the viewing of each item on the iPlayer and indicate what "share" of the pie this would represent. b) Also put up indicative "pie" amounts at the end of the month; c) After a few months, have a month trail where the iPlayer is un-DRMed and the content paid for as indicated above. d) If the trial works, go for it. Have the Flash system for UK use (as it streams) and then have the iPlayer KDM version for "consumer" use and allow all comers to build BitTorrent distribution networks. As long as the content isn't edited (in particular adverts) or charged for, anyone should be able to distribute it with freedom. e) If it doesn't work, then it's back to DRM snake oil. On 26/03/2008, Sean DALY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had some background discussions with PACT while preparing my > interview with Ashley and what I learned (unsurprisingly) is that > rights holders want to be compensated; the actual method is up for > discussion. They hear that DRM doesn't work or is ineffective, but > they don't see an alternative. Pooling schemes hit a roadblock: many > rights holders hope to have a very successful creation and be > compensated for that far over and above what other rights holders > might earn. I believe that tracking viewing (and by that I mean > anonymised aggregates, not Phormlike snooping) is probably key to > eliminating DRM. > > Sean. > - > 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/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
