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| pwainwright Jan 15, 2008 10:44 AM EDT |
This story is out of date. There is already a flash-based iPlayer on bbc.co.uk. It works fine for me (using the proprietary Adobe plugin - I didn't have any luck so far with gnash). It is true that it is only possible to view shows online, and only up to 7 days after transmission. Apparently this is because of the DRM issue (the download is supposed to self-destruct after 30 days!). However, DRM goes down with consumers like the proverbial lead balloon, and more and more companies are recognizing the fact. I therefore wouldn't give up hope of a more liberal licensing regime in the future - to quote from the BBC site: "The file sharing and digital rights management (DRM) technology we use is only compatible with Windows XP and Vista. We are aware of demand to expand this to other operating systems, please check at a later date for any further news." |
| azerthoth Jan 15, 2008 10:58 AM EDT |
Seems you should take a bit of your own advice, the story was only linked here not published. |
| tuxchick Jan 15, 2008 11:33 AM EDT |
It's Hartley. Enough said. |
| azerthoth Jan 15, 2008 1:17 PM EDT |
Oh No!!! you mean I inadvertently defended him? Please forgive me TC, it was an accident and hopefully wont happen again. |
| tuxchick Jan 15, 2008 1:21 PM EDT |
It's Ok azerthoth, no permanent harm done. I hope. :) |
| Scott_Ruecker Jan 15, 2008 2:05 PM EDT |
Someone defended Matt Hartley!?!? When?, Where?, How?...and more importantly Why? LOL!!! |
| hkwint Jan 15, 2008 2:40 PM EDT |
Actually, I found the article OK*. It may have been out of date (SOSweekly seems to be as weekly as Gentoo Weekly News!)- which is sad, but I did enjoy reading it. *The other Matt Hartley articles serve as the frame of reference here |
| jacog Jan 16, 2008 3:15 AM EDT |
Ah, the old "long news queue" strikes again. Still not quite buying that story. |
| Sander_Marechal Jan 16, 2008 3:18 AM EDT |
Another Matt H. story was just posted that's also severely out-of-date: The State of Google's Everex Linux PCs He should post a big disclaimer at the top of his site: "Warning: I'm always out-of-date by almost a month!" |
| jacog Jan 16, 2008 4:17 AM EDT |
I was going to point that out, and also criticise the title of the article - specifically the "Google's" part of it... but since there are no prizes for being the first to spot the daily Hartley-ism I decided not to. |
| Scott_Ruecker Jan 16, 2008 5:35 AM EDT |
Quoting:..but since there are no prizes for being the first to spot the daily Hartley-ism.. There isn't, but there really should be.. :-) |
| DarrenR114 Jan 16, 2008 11:03 AM EDT |
Is it possible M. Hartley has an agreement with whoever he´s getting paid by that he won´t put his articles on his Mad Penguin blog for at least x-number of days after it is released by the PTB? |
| Scott_Ruecker Jan 16, 2008 12:27 PM EDT |
I think its a lot more than possible... |
| tuxchick Jan 16, 2008 12:33 PM EDT |
It's the Green PC, not Google PC. So it's late and lame. I commend jacog for self-control; I didn't even try :) |
| jezuch Jan 16, 2008 3:42 PM EDT |
Quoting:He should post a big disclaimer at the top of his site: "Warning: I'm always out-of-date by almost a month!" AFAIR he sometimes is a month in the future... |
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