- From: bjartur <svartman95@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:57:54 +0000
-------- Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au> wrote: > On 2010-07-02 21:01, John Harding wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Lachlan Hunt<lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au>wrote: > As Henri pointed out, major content producers already broadcast their TV > shows and movies over the air without DRM. Although the BBC iPlayer > uses DRM for the desktop version, they broadcast the show DRM free over > the air and they make DRM free content available to the iPhone. People > have even found ways to access that from other devices too. So the DRM > really isn't there to protect the content. It's just to force users to > use the BBC's own iPlayer software, rather than letting users use their > own choice of software. > I fail to see how BBC would be harmed by the usage of alternative software. Its business model is about content, not software, right? > The industry even releases content on DVD knowing that the DRM is > completely ineffective, because they only use it so they can control the > DVD player market, rather than actually doing anything practical about > illegal copying. > How can the industry have control over the DVD player market and not their own government-designated markets?
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