Re: Future BBC Online Services

In article news:<pan.2006.03.26.10.14.39.956489@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Macerata
wrote:
I'm not too clued up on the state of affairs with Linux and DRM, so
any more info would be appreciated.

That's one of the problems, IMV. Linux is about openness and choice, while
DRM is the ultimate commercially restrictive technology, and as such is
anathema to the linux community. Uniting those two will be a big problem.

The BBC do know that people would like to be able to receive their content
in open formats. Remember the "Beethoven Week" on Radio 3 last year? The
beeb made the performances of all of Beethoven's symphonies broadcast
during the week available for free download as MP3s -- and got record
numbers of downloads. I wonder how the download numbers compare with the
audience for their live radio and "Listen Again" services (which use Real
Audio)? Much bigger I should think.

One problem that the BBC face is that for much of the material that they
broadcast under (other people's) copyright they have bought the right to
broadcast the material for a period of only one week -- so they are able to
offer a "listen again" streaming service for that week only, and are not
allowed to offer downloads that could be played after the week was up. This
is all very silly, really, when it's so easy to record from the radio, but
that's the way it is!

Cheers,
Daniel.


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