Comments on: BBC iPlayer a Microsoft DRM Waste? http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/bbc-iplayer-a-microsoft-drm-waste-184/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:45:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Britons Rally Against BBC DRM http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/bbc-iplayer-a-microsoft-drm-waste-184/comment-page-1/#comment-28518 Britons Rally Against BBC DRM Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:25:08 +0000 http://www.insideonlinevideo.com/2007/07/13/bbc-iplayer-a-microsoft-drm-waste/#comment-28518 [...] told the BBC putting Microsoft DRM in their iPlayer was a bad idea. Now the British are petitioning their Prime Minister to have the government-funded network drop [...] [...] told the BBC putting Microsoft DRM in their iPlayer was a bad idea. Now the British are petitioning their Prime Minister to have the government-funded network drop [...]

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]]> By: Chris Tew http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/bbc-iplayer-a-microsoft-drm-waste-184/comment-page-1/#comment-28468 Chris Tew Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:08:48 +0000 http://www.insideonlinevideo.com/2007/07/13/bbc-iplayer-a-microsoft-drm-waste/#comment-28468 I think the iPlayer will fall flat on its face -- even if it was cross platform it is still really restrictive -- only 15% of shows will be available and it would be easier to use a DVR than spend time installing the software which will be awkward to use. Given that its taken them a few years to get this far I dont think they'll be able to rebuild a cross platform app in a few weeks b4 the launch. I don't think the BBC wanted all this DRM anyway - it was the content owners which forced it upon them. I think the iPlayer will fall flat on its face — even if it was cross platform it is still really restrictive — only 15% of shows will be available and it would be easier to use a DVR than spend time installing the software which will be awkward to use.

Given that its taken them a few years to get this far I dont think they’ll be able to rebuild a cross platform app in a few weeks b4 the launch.

I don’t think the BBC wanted all this DRM anyway – it was the content owners which forced it upon them.

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