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Old 08-17-2007, 06:12 PM   #1
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LXer: What tricks is the BBC up to with Microsoft?


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The BBC iPlayer has been a hot topic on everyone's lips. It's late, doesn't work very well yet, presents some ISPs with a big economic problems, and is limited to Windows XP users running Internet Explorer. That last point has proven particularly sticky for the Beeb's spinners in the last few weeks, but in reality reveals as much about Microsoft's plans for DRM as it does about any supposed "corruption" of the BBC by some Gates-backed Sith.

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Old 08-17-2007, 07:22 PM   #2
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Silverlight & PlayReady ... Evidently the next target for my heroes, the DRM cracking community. I hope they're seeing preliminary pieces of it already.
 
  


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