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Re: BBC prepares on-demand TV over IP, but not for Linux ... yet.

After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> [1] Rights management system patented
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A rights management system monitors and controls use of a computer
> | program to prevent use that is not in compliance with acceptable
> | terms. The system monitors usage of the computer program for usage
> | and activities that are not in compliance with the license or
> | other use terms.
> `----
>
> http://www.freshpatents.com/Alan-Cox-Swansea-invdirc.php

"acceptable"?  Shouldn't that be "accepted"?  Either way, by whom?

Speaking of gavages:

-- 
   "No! There are no significant bugs in our released software that any
 significant number of users want fixed." -- Bill Gates, FOCUS interview
   http://www.cantrip.org/nobugs.html

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