Re: [Fsuk-manchester] iPlayer, DRM, Free Software and the iPhone

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Andy Halsall wrote:
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> Anyway, to sum up, I am pleased that the BBC is offering DRM free material, it 
> is the right thing for the BBC to do, (if that is what they intended).  I am 
> rather less pleased that it is not easily usable for those of us without an 
> iPhone.  I have some questions about how this new source can be used legally, 
> and I wonder how long it will survive as a BBC service.
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The Beeb has been reviewing its plans for iPlayer streaming for some 
time, including dropping DRM, and using other codecs (MP4; Dirac). For 
example:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/iplayer_flash_iphone/

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