notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) writes:
> Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) writes:
>>
>> > Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Some critics of the iPlayer, notably advocacy group the Open Source
>> >> Consortium (OSC), has said that programmes should be made available
>> >> without these digital locks.
>> >>
>> >> However, Mr Highfield said this was not possible.
>> >>
>> >> "We wouldn't be able to launch the iPlayer at all without digital rights
>> >> management," he said.
>> >>
>> >> "The rights holders - the people that make the programmes, from Ricky
>> >> Gervais to the independent producers that account for up to a third of
>> >> our programming - simply wouldn't have given us the rights to their
>> >> programmes unless we could demonstrate very robust digital rights
>> >> management."
>> >
>> > Mr Highfield is off his trolley. Anyone in the UK can record any BBC
>> > programme and copy to DVD without running into DRM issues.
>> >
>> > There are other solutions to control overseas distribution rights of UK
>> > licence payers' programmes which could be implemented without
>> > inconveniencing any UK users.
>> >
>> > It's a curious state of affairs where UK TV viewers pay a compulsory tax
>> > to one unaccountable broadcaster, who then empoys a monopolist to
>> > restrict what the tax payer has already paid for.
>>
>> Not quite true. The license payer can record the program when it is on
>> with no issues.
>
> The iPlayer feed is no more than a viewer scheduled repeat.
With DRM? Can you record from it?
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