Re: [Sheflug] winduhs Only Distribution of BBC Media

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded from Marcus after something strange happened....


From: "Marcus D. Hanwell" <marcus@xxxxxxxxx>
  To: sheflug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Date: Today 11:33:48

On Saturday 23 June 2007 11:09:05 Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> Looks like there is yet another e-petition going around.  This one 
>is about the fact that the BBC has decided to release its programs 
>in a DRM winduhs-only format.  Please do your best to put your name 
>to the petition ...
>
> http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/iplayer/
>
> " We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to prevent the BBC
> from making its iPlayer on-demand television service available to
> Windows users only, and instruct the corporation to provide its
> service for other operating systems".
>
The open source consortium is also threatening to take them to court. 
I feel disgusted that they are taking TV licence fees from everyone 
in the country regardless of operating system and making content 
available only to Windows users.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/22/iplayer_osc_eu_ofcom/

I do hope that they correct this terrible misconduct without the need 
to go to court. I shouldn't be in the UK for too much longer but 
personally it disgusts me that I am forced to pay for my TV licence 
when the funds are misused in this fashion to actively discriminate 
against those of us choosing to use a free (as in freedom) operating 
system.

Now I have got that off my chest I am really looking forward to 
attending aKademy next week in Glasgow!


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