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BBC Activates DRM For Its iPlayer Content
oik writes "The BBC has quietly added DRM to its iPlayer content. This breaks support for things like the XBMC plugin as well as other non-approved third-party players. The get-iplayer download page has a good summary of what happened, including links to The Reg articles and the BBC's response to users' complaints."
it is a loose-loose situation.
You mean it's extremely baggy?
Oh, it allows me to watch the movies I own? I never looked at it that way. DRM in the games I bought is really there to let me play them. How nice of corporations to be so kind to me! If there was no DRM in our content we'd never be able to use it!
Now that you've removed the scales from my eyes, I will only be grateful for DRM. I'm going to compose thank you letters to the RIAA, the MPAA and the GNAA right now.
You are welcome on my lawn.
iPlayer has been broken since day one, as far as I'm concerned. "You're in America, and we refuse to play anything for you, you colonial barbarian. All content on this site is reserved for refined, sophisticated subjects of Her Majesty, the Queen, properly located within Her Majesty's Realm."
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
anyone with flash and an internet connection
Good luck explaining to a "TV License Enforcement Representative" that you browse using Lynx.
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Hulu has been broken from day one, as far as I'm concerned. "You're in the UK and we refuse to play anything for you, you dumb limey. All content on this site is reserved for kick-ass, true-bloodied Americans, hell yes, properly located in God's own country. USA! USA!"