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On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:08:06PM +0000, Simon Williams wrote: > Clare Shepherd wrote: > > On 15 Nov 2007, at 10:57, viv wrote: > > > >> I don't believe that the BBC really has to concern themselves about > >> offering a good service to ALL of their customers while their > >> customers > >> are forced by law to pay them fees. > >> > >> I would like to use IPlayer on my Kubuntu PC but, I am not holding my > >> breath and I will not use Windows, just to be able to. > >> > >> Viv > > > > Amen to that , Viv. I think that Linux & Mac users are just being > > fobbed off for political reasons. > > Am I right in thinking that you can't have an open source program to > read DRM without disclosing how to circumvent it? Does this mean that we > are only going to get binaries? Yes; you could easily remove the code that implements whatever crazy checks they're deeming necessary this week, and use the media however you wanted. -- Benjamin A'Lee :: benjamin.alee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subvert Technologies :: http://subvert.org.uk/
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