Re: [OTT-GOSLING] "The BBC's digital rights plans will wreak havoc on open source software" - Cory Doctorow @ The Guardian

Posted by Russell McOrmond-2 on
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/The-BBC-s-digital-rights-plans-will-wreak-havoc-on-open-source-software-Cory-Doctorow-The-Guardian-tp1891p1894.html

Glen Newton wrote:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/dec/22/bbc-drm-cory-doctorow
>
> This should not be coming from a public institution like the Beebe.

   The CBC has been on both sides of this debate as well.  One of the
good things about them not getting the Olympics is that we have a small
period of time where they aren't on the wrong side of the debate -- the
Olympics (as far from a public institution as you can get -- not worth
watching or even acknowledging) has been pushing DRM stuff pretty heavily.

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