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Re: [LUG] BBC IPlayer - A U-Turn ?

 

On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:08:06PM +0000, Simon Williams wrote:
> Clare Shepherd wrote:
> > On 15 Nov 2007, at 10:57, viv wrote:
> > 
> >> I don't believe that the BBC really has to concern themselves about
> >> offering a good service to ALL of their customers while their  
> >> customers
> >> are forced by law to pay them fees.
> >>
> >> I would like to use IPlayer on my Kubuntu PC but, I am not holding my
> >> breath and I will not use Windows, just to be able to.
> >>
> >> Viv
> > 
> > Amen to that , Viv. I think that Linux & Mac users are just being  
> > fobbed off for political reasons.
> 
> Am I right in thinking that you can't have an open source program to 
> read DRM without disclosing how to circumvent it? Does this mean that we 
> are only going to get binaries?

Yes; you could easily remove the code that implements whatever crazy
checks they're deeming necessary this week, and use the media however
you wanted.

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