The BBC wants to put its shows on the Web, and made a deal with Microsoft for the technology required to do that. (That’s the Tardis, from Dr. Who, one of many fine BBC programs.)
This has the BBC in political hot water. Boingboing says it’s a DRM issue, but the country’s Open Source Business Consortium has complained to the EC, calling it an attempt to cement Microsoft’s monopoly:
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aboutblank
17 years 36 weeks 23 hours 22 min ago
Anyone have any links pointing
Anyone have any links pointing to the technological requirements of BBC? I want to know why OGG Theora and Video Lan's offering are inadequate (assuming that they were considered).
mattflaschen
17 years 36 weeks 7 hours 55 min ago
Their "technical requirement" is
Their "technical requirement" is Digital Restrictions Management. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/news/press_releases/30_04_2007.html
merc
17 years 36 weeks 2 hours 59 min ago
Geeee nice.
Geeee nice.
merc
17 years 36 weeks 2 hours 58 min ago
Err... am I missing something? From
Err... am I missing something?
From Matt's link:
The decision document sets out in full how the Trust has considered the issues raised by respondents to the consultation and the reasons for its decisions. These include:
* Use of digital rights management (DRM)
* Platform neutrality
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...? They "forgot" this "bit"?!?