Re: [backstage] iPod touch // iPhone development
On 9/21/07, Tom Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bleeding 'eck. I trust Apple's record on security, but not so much that I'd do online banking on a public machine. Maybe they found Safari's 'Private Browsing' mode. While I wouldn't do my banking in the middle of the apple store, it's a very useful feature. In that mode, it writes nothing to disk. No cache, No history, nothing. Mike. - 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/
Re: [backstage] iPlayer Today?
On 7/29/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would actually be the same issue. No iPlayer client existed when the BBC started the project. They created it. The BBC claim (possible incorrectly) that there exists no cross platform DRM solution, and yet they never considered creating it. If you find no adequate solution to your problem then most people would _at least_ consider the 2 options that all such projects have of coping with this problem. 1. Develop it yourself (in house so to speak). 2. Pay someone else to develop it for you. Options 3, Buy an off the shelf solution and use it. Bonus points if the people whose content your licensing are happy with it and will endemnify you against someone cracking it. At the time, the only two solutions deployed at scale on the internet were Microsoft's DRM, and Apple's Fairplay DRM. Fairplay did not include the ability to expire content, and therefore could not meet the minimum requirements for our rights at all. As above, if there is no adequate solution, you develop your own! Why is this _so_ difficult? All you really need is a format for describing restrictions (how about something based on XML) and some kind of cryptographic system. If you think cryptography will solve your problem, you don't know anything about cryptography, and you don't understand your problem. Given we all know DRM's broken, yet is mandated by the people who own the content, what's better for the BBC to do? Write it's own and be responsible for fixing any breakages, or use one the content providers are happy with? Mike - 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/
Re: [backstage] iPlayer Today?
On 7/27/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Also if anyone at the BBC can answer this question it would be helpful: If the BBC supports standards as it so often claims why use Kontiki and not the more common and widely used Bit torrent protocol for it's content delivery?). I'd guess it's because Bittorrent gets traffic shaped out of existance on a lot of ISP's. Mike. - 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/
Re: [backstage] DRM does not work... what next?
On 6/15/07, Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15/06/07, Richard Lockwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've obviously not read the numerous posts explaining in some detail why it *isn't* currently feasible Must have missed that one. Can you show in detail the point at which it says you MUST use MICROSOFT DRM? I would really like to know so I can email my MEP about this matter. In case they want to add the BBC as an accessory to whatever they are prosecuting Microsoft for today. Or is it not in fact true that the rights holders would be happy with any DRM? I believe the actual facts are... 1. Rights holders insist on time limited DRM solution. 2. Only Microsoft supports a time limited DRM. 3. Therefore, in order to conform to point 1, BBC have to use Microsoft based DRM. HTH. Mike. - 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/
