BBC Blocks Open Source Solutions From Using iPlayer

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Staff Writer

02 March, 2010

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Our Comments

Why would the Beeb do that? After all, once you have already paid your TV licence, you should normally be able to watch BBC footage wherever you want. It is likely however that the corporation has been pressurised by third parties uneasy at the fact that open source solutions could potentially bypass DRM.

(Guardian)

BBC Trust won't probe iPlayer open source gripes

(The Register)

BBC shuts out open source software

(The Inquirer)

BBC Trust won't investigate iPlayer's open source blackout

(After Dawn)