On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 18:10, Kieran Kunhya <kie...@kunhya.com> wrote:
> The point is the view is that Open Source software isn't considered > bothering about by the BBC because too few people use it and there's the > fear of "piracy". (in spite of the fact that downloads from VoD aren't used > by pirates because of the poor quality compared to broadcasts) > > What I always find funny is that by not supporting the Open Source Community the content providers often end up shooting themselves in the foot with their DRM plans. > If this means disallowing recordings or respecting time restrictions then > so be it. > What would be the point? It's open source so almost everyone would use patched versions. > It will also lower the proportion of people downloading the files from p2p > networks just like iPlayer itself did when it was launched. > > I doubt it. A crippled (yet still open) solution wouldn't provide as good a product as what's on the torrents or uncrippled get_iplayer or even what you can get from a networked PVR. So most people would carrying on getting their content the way they're currently get their content. * > * > Most people aren't going to mess about with a command line app to do this. > Which is their loss really. I think if people bothered to learn the CLI and basic scripting they'd find that would have a much easier and more satisfying computing experience all round.
