Comments on: BBC DRM – on demand http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12918 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12918/comment-page-1#comment-217030 Jim Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:42:21 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12918#comment-217030 I contacted the bbc about this when they were trialling it. I knew it wouldn't do fuck all, and i was right they span me some corporate bullshit. About drm free they said they needed drm to control who saw it because they were paying for the content they didnt create depending on how many viewers watched it, or they were paying some actors like that or something. Content they didnt create shouldnt be distributed by them online, imo. How many people have tv licenses in the uk? probably over 99%. That means most of the targeted market pays for the service, and also has the opportunity to watch the programming should they choose to. People in different countries shouldnt be counted in the figures, the bbc wont get money out of them whatever happens so they shouldnt worry about them. The bbc had the opportunity to open up the entire archive for all to enjoy. Sure, we can take care of anything recent ourselves and dont need the bbc to do anything there, but thinking of all the old treasures that may be lost to us for no reason leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I contacted the bbc about this when they were trialling it. I knew it wouldn’t do fuck all, and i was right they span me some corporate bullshit.

About drm free they said they needed drm to control who saw it because they were paying for the content they didnt create depending on how many viewers watched it, or they were paying some actors like that or something. Content they didnt create shouldnt be distributed by them online, imo. How many people have tv licenses in the uk? probably over 99%. That means most of the targeted market pays for the service, and also has the opportunity to watch the programming should they choose to. People in different countries shouldnt be counted in the figures, the bbc wont get money out of them whatever happens so they shouldnt worry about them.

The bbc had the opportunity to open up the entire archive for all to enjoy. Sure, we can take care of anything recent ourselves and dont need the bbc to do anything there, but thinking of all the old treasures that may be lost to us for no reason leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12918/comment-page-1#comment-150117 Reader's Write Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:18:22 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/12918#comment-150117 The TVL/BBC Licence fee is a government approved protection racket, now they are restricting access to a service that the british people already pay for? The only fair way to distribute this material is to use a universal DRM free format. The DRM is going to be ripped out of the files and shared liberaly anyway, why encumber folks with it? Short sighted nonsense from big media afraid of the future. So nothing new there then. The TVL/BBC Licence fee is a government approved protection racket, now they are restricting access to a service that the british people already pay for?

The only fair way to distribute this material is to use a universal DRM free format. The DRM is going to be ripped out of the files and shared liberaly anyway, why encumber folks with it? Short sighted nonsense from big media afraid of the future.

So nothing new there then.

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