BBC Brings DRM-Free Content To Linux Users

eldavojohn writes "The BBC is planning to release some of its programmes to users of GNU & Linux. You won't see Doctor Who or Dragons' Den on there anytime soon, but they have been working with Canonical & Collabora on getting this out there for Totem users. The developer blog mentions that the sheer number of options in the open source world actually makes this difficult to accomplish."

Comments

This could be good news

[Anonymous Coward]

If it weren't for the fact that the BBC is controlled, secretly, by a cabal of nefarious Italian interests who embed secret, subliminal advertisements for their nefarious ices in the Beeb's "impartial" reporting. Danger! Danger! Stop the Italian mind-control before it crushes freedom everywhere! I have modemes.

Re:what is so hard about it?

[Anonymous Coward]

Spot the ipod loving pirate.

Re:Little new?

[Stormwatch]

Someone needs to invest in an open source DRM mechanism.

That's like asking the Red Cross to build a torture device.

Re:I hope they made the freedom choice.

[TheABomb]

Or you could pay good money for a cable or satellite provider to deliver BBC America directly to your telly, and then only have to wait anywhere from four months (Doctor Who) to nine years (Spaced) to see them. Gotta be faster and easier than either BitTorrent or the Beeb just using Flash, right?