Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

BBC Episodes Legally Available Via Peer To Peer

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the drink-the-kool-aid dept.

Kript writes "According to the BBC they are going to make a number of their shows available on the Azureus network. A number of old favorites will be available such as Red Dwarf, Doctor Who and even Little Britain."

5 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Misleading Headline & Summary by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Informative

    It won't be available for free on Azureus, it will be a DRM-infested pay-download on Azureus' pay service, Zudeo, and they haven't even decided what they're charging.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
    1. Re:Misleading Headline & Summary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Patience, dear boy, patience :)

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPlayer

      It IS coming - just rather slowly. It's shame that it is going to be WMP based DRM, but you have to appease the Indies/Film companies, etc, somehow.

      There is going to be the Open Archive some time next year too, with old BBC content being brought online.

      Next year is going to be a BIG year for the BBC online, should all go well. One shouldn't underestimate the complexities of a project such as iPlayer - it's probably the biggest Internet based software project in the UK at the moment, and the BBC really has to deliver correctly first time, otherwise there will (rightly) be uproar from the license fee payer.

      But hey, it's all a step in the right direction!

  2. Re:In typical Slashdot fashion... by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm wondering if Warner Home Video will lay the hammer down on me if I want to watch Red Dwarf in this manner...being in the U.S. and Warner Home Video being the U.S. distributor of many BBC programs.

    You do not have an agreement with Warner not to purchase Red Dwarf from another source. If the beeb has an agreement with them not to distribute it to you, then they have something to talk about, but it doesn't involve you.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  3. Re:It's a trap! by Nuskrad · · Score: 4, Informative

    A yearly payment that allows you to operate a TV in a premises. The costs are used to pay for BBC TV, Radio and Interactive services.

  4. cracking zudeo's torrent wrapping by speculatrix · · Score: 3, Informative

    it took me just a few minutes of guesswork to avoid having to use the zudeo software at all; I didn't install it. When you click to download, it saves a .jnlp file which is just an XML wrapper around a URL containing a torrent, then download the torrent and open it with a torrent downloader (shareaza will do nicely). It will save a file called .hdmov, which you just rename so it will open with Quicktime.

    Thus who needs zudeo's spyware?