Comments on: BBC iPlayer download client will use ‘platform-neutral’ AIR with DRM https://linuxcentre.net/bbc-iplayer-download-client-will-use-platform-neutral-air-with-drm   Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Strawp https://linuxcentre.net/bbc-iplayer-download-client-will-use-platform-neutral-air-with-drm#comment-533 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:23:01 +0000 https://linuxcentre.net/?p=25#comment-533 Yep, as always XKCD summarising complex tech issues into a few concise and amusing sentences.

]]> By: linuxcentre https://linuxcentre.net/bbc-iplayer-download-client-will-use-platform-neutral-air-with-drm#comment-532 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:54:36 +0000 https://linuxcentre.net/?p=25#comment-532 @strawp, it does support Linux/intel but it is what they *allow* you to run it on which is the problem here. Agreed, DRM, is just a waste of time and money – I liked the BBC backstage post today which linked to: http://xkcd.com/488/ :-)

]]> By: Strawp https://linuxcentre.net/bbc-iplayer-download-client-will-use-platform-neutral-air-with-drm#comment-530 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:49:12 +0000 https://linuxcentre.net/?p=25#comment-530 I have AIR running under Ubuntu, but yeah – they still don\’t seem to have realised that DRM is a complete dead-end.

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