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From: Colin Wilson
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: BBC may shut off non-microsoft-users
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 23:04:01 -0000
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> Link to the survey:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consult/open-consultations/ondem
nd_services.html
OK, filled in and submitted, my answers follow for anyone who happens to
be bored shitless :-}
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Q1
Not entirely...
DRM is a major stumbling block, and may lock out users unwilling to
update to the latest (lamest) version of Windows yet. If you proceed
with this at all, it should NOT be at the expense or exclusion of linux
or Mac users.
Series stacking _should_ be permitted
Non-DRM material should be encouraged, not restricted.
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Q2
I don't believe the BBC should devote more than a marginal amount of
investment in this area for now, as the network infrastructure necessary
simply isn't available at present. Ask again when we all have 100Mbit
internet connections.
The ability to download content would be more valuable at this stage,
but not in mega-high definition to prevent mass piracy.
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Q3
It sounds like this would be enforced (and more specifically a Microsoft
endorsed / enforced) DRM, which is to the detriment to non-Microsoft
users - and given the specification requirements of Vista in which it
will automatically degrade the quality of DRM tagged media if no
protected path output devices are present, this is another reason to
avoid DRM and its excessive hardware requirements altogether.
If the quality of download is marginal, i'd prefer to see no time
limitations on the downloads, but I suppose for premium full-quality-
HDTV it might be needed.
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Q4
I like the stacking idea, and see no realistic need to limit the number
of episodes that can be stored.
The ability to stack programs would _not_ stop me buying a DVD of any
series I would want to watch again.
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Q5
*VERY* important. I will not hand over any more rights to disable
hardware or software I have purchased to Microsoft (this facility is
incorporated in Vista) and will move over to a Linux or Mac platform at
some point in the near future.
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Q6
Yes -why not !
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Q7
The same thinking as my purchasing of DVDs applies - if I like something
enough, I will buy it anyway.
A similar principle already operates over at Amiestreet.com - you can
listen to new music for free, but as it becomes popular and established
the price to buy the track will slowly rise. I now listen to music I may
have never encountered otherwise, which in turn offers more opportunity
to buy, and I can tell at a glance at the price how many other users
thought it was worth buying.
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Q8
This is a job for the parents - you cannot control other content on the
rest of the internet which is far more likely to harm than typical BBC
programming.
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Q9
I wouldn't have a problem with that - at the moment i'm watching a
series from the USA which is ~10 episodes ahead of the UK, and would
relish the chance to do that cheaply and legally.
....and yes, I will be buying the DVD when it comes out !
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Q10
....might get messy and dilute your own identity
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Q11
Yes
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Q12
Please don't restrict your customers' choice of computer by forcing use
of a specific operating system or method by a company already found
guilty of running a monopoly.
Microsoft and DRM *must* be removed from any plans you have, or you risk
alienating the customer base by either preventing them from using your
service by technical means, or by the excessively high hardware
requirements needed to run DRM encoded material properly (you did hear
about the bloke who bought himself a top-of-the-range PC recently and
found himself unable to play a legitimate shop-bought movie - think it
was on blu-ray disc - because all the components in his new machine were
not fully DRM compatible...)
This rush to infect content with DRM will soon be torn apart by hackers,
leaving only the regular users pissed off and unable to use it !
DRM only harms legitimate users.
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