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BBC Activates DRM For Its iPlayer Content

Posted by timothy on from the approved-channels dept.

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."

2 of 282 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    it is a loose-loose situation.

    You mean it's extremely baggy?

  2. Re:Oh noes by Runaway1956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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."

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