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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:45:36 +0000, Sean Gibbins <sean@???>
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> <quote from article>
> "Like other broadcasters, the security of rights-protected content
> online is an issue we take very seriously," it added.
>
> The BBC announced a version of the iPlayer for iPhone and iPod touch
> owners last week. The content for the phones and iPod is streamed as an
> MP4 file without copy protection and hackers quickly realised that they
> could access the file using a simple plug in for Firefox.
> </quote from article>
>
> Am I missing something, but is this content DRM-protected or not?
>
> The second statement appears to make a mockery of the first.
It's right-protected content (in that it's not legally freely
redistributable content) but the MP4 files do not have copy protection.
Note the omission of "digital" before "rights-protected" in the first
statement implies that the rights protection was not via DRM.
Tony
