In an act of particularly impressive myopia, the BBC is about to go live with its new iPlayer service for Windows only! Curious indeed that a publicly funded organization with a mandate to provide services to an entire population went with a system tied to a single DRM and operating system. And I do wonder how much public money has been sunk into Microsoft licensing fees and 'closed' technology.
At least they've promised to have a Mac version some time in the Autumn. Good luck with that. I'm curious what DRM they're planning on using...
Personally I think the BBC should drop DRM on its content and just let anyone access it. Yes there are reasons against this ('TV' license fee plus resale of content internationally), but frankly, stuff it! Sometimes its just a matter of getting your priorities straight.
Thursday, 12 July 2007
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