Their motto is, "Do no evil," so they can't be doing anything sinister. Plus, they gave me free web services, so they must all be really nice guys. Surely they're not going to do anything to hurt us...
... what? The BBC has simply added DRM to prevent people ripping iPlayer streams. No one has to "fork over more cash to watch programmes they already paid for." In fact, one can watch iPlayer without having paid any TV License fee at all.
Instead of whining about the License fee, why not complain about the substance of the matter: that of DRM in online media?
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Their motto is, "Do no evil," so they can't be doing anything sinister. Plus, they gave me free web services, so they must all be really nice guys. Surely they're not going to do anything to hurt us...
Fuck 'em, then...
... what? The BBC has simply added DRM to prevent people ripping iPlayer streams. No one has to "fork over more cash to watch programmes they already paid for." In fact, one can watch iPlayer without having paid any TV License fee at all.
Instead of whining about the License fee, why not complain about the substance of the matter: that of DRM in online media?