[backstage] [DRM] Macrovision response to Jobs' Thoughts On Music

2007-02-18 Thread Dave Crossland
http://daringfireball.net/2007/02/macrovision_translation Classic :-) -- Regards, Dave - 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:

Re: [backstage] platform-agnostic approach to the iPlayer

2007-02-18 Thread James Cridland
On 2/15/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the point, then? Well, the point of the BBC is that, by informing, educating and entertaining everyone in the UK, the population of the UK gains both individually and collectively to an extent greater than the BBC's negative market

Re: [backstage] First BBC Backstage Podcast: DRM and the BBC

2007-02-18 Thread James Cridland
On 2/14/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 14/02/07, David McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Indeed, this seems particularly pointless when I can simply point my desk antenna at the Crystal Palace transmitter and record the 20Mbaud H.2641080p stream being broadcast in clear. This

Re: [backstage] First BBC Backstage Podcast: DRM and the BBC

2007-02-18 Thread James Cridland
On 2/13/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also note that its been published in the free software, open standard, cross platform ogg vorbis format as well as MP3, and hope this demonstrates that such formats do indeed exist - As I said in the show, I think that everything the BBC is

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2007-02-18 Thread James Cridland
On 2/13/07, Jason Cartwright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is all my personal opinion. Yes we (me, and it seems most of the list) know DRM is evil. However - in this case DRM is enabling people to view the content and making it MORE accessible. Perhaps the industry will change and we'll see

Re: [backstage] First BBC Backstage Podcast: DRM and the BBC

2007-02-18 Thread Dave Crossland
On 18/02/07, James Cridland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's possible for all our podcasts to be produced in Ogg Vorbis automatically, too. ... Ultimately, no organisation can spend time servicing 0.01% of people without losing focus for the 99.99% of people. The automation means that you

Re: [backstage] platform-agnostic approach to the iPlayer

2007-02-18 Thread Dave Crossland
On 18/02/07, James Cridland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/15/07, Dave Crossland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the point, then? Well, the point of the BBC is that, by informing, educating and entertaining everyone in the UK, the population of the UK gains both individually and