[senit] BBC plan to prevent access to disabled computer users

Simon, thanks for the bbc link, I haven't managed to listen to the  
podcast yet but looking through the page and responses was very  
interesting.

I'd still have to express a concern that the fact that MS are  
prepared to license their DRM is of little consolation. After all,  
their rise to controlling dominance was based entirely on a business  
model of licensing product, and as we know our very own Becta has  
raised serious concerns about the tight grip Microsoft get on school  
finances through this.

It's good to see it all getting an airing though, and the  
consultation is out there for all of us to put our views to the BBC.

All the best,
Sean

On 20 Feb 2007, at 20:12, Simon Evans wrote:

>
> ...and its also a closed system which unlike MS DRM can't be  
> licensed to
> third parties like BBC. Perhaps SJ should practice a little of what he
> preaches!
>
> Doesn't touch much on platform scalability, but the BBC DRM issues  
> post the
> provisional conclusions of the trust are explored by the people  
> involved (in
> a range of audio formats!) here:
> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/02/ 
> bbc_backstage_p_1.html
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Sean O'Sullivan
> Sent: 20 February 2007 18:53
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [senit] BBC plan to prevent access to disabled  
> computer users
>
> I'd have to agree with Mark here - Apple's DRM is not of their own  
> choosing
> and is based purely on the pressures of the music and film  
> industry. Steve
> Jobs has written a very thoughtful piece setting out his and  
> Apple's stance
> on their website:
> http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
>
> Much more important than whether our own BBC choose to use either  
> Microsoft
> or Apple's DRM is that they respect the views of the Trust and  
> ensure that
> their solution works with all players. Apple have an outstanding  
> reputation
> for promoting open standards and free tools - witness their QuickTime
> Broadcaster:
> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/broadcaster/
>
>
>
>