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pwainwright

Jan 15, 2008
9:44 AM EST 		This story is out of date.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
9:58 AM EST 		Seems you should take a bit of your own advice, the story was only linked here not published.
tuxchick

Jan 15, 2008
10:33 AM EST 		It's Hartley. Enough said.
azerthoth

Jan 15, 2008
12:17 PM EST 		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
12:21 PM EST 		It's Ok azerthoth, no permanent harm done. I hope.

:)
Scott_Ruecker

Jan 15, 2008
1:05 PM EST 		Someone defended Matt Hartley!?!?

When?, Where?, How?...and more importantly Why?

LOL!!!
hkwint

Jan 15, 2008
1:40 PM EST 		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 It may have been out of date (SOSweekly seems to be as weekly as Gentoo Weekly News!)- which is sad, but I did enjoy reading it.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
2:15 AM EST 		Ah, the old "long news queue" strikes again. Still not quite buying that story.
Sander_Marechal

Jan 16, 2008
2:18 AM EST 		Another Matt H. story was just posted that's also severely out-of-date: The State of Google's Everex Linux PCs

He should post a big disclaimer at the top of his site: "Warning: I'm always out-of-date by almost a month!"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
3:17 AM EST 		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
4:35 AM EST
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
10:03 AM EST 		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
11:27 AM EST 		I think its a lot more than possible...
tuxchick

Jan 16, 2008
11:33 AM EST 		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
2:42 PM EST
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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