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Open Source Consortium to regulators: Stop the BBC's DRM!

Cory Doctorow: The UK Open Source Consortium has complained to British regulators about the BBC's decision to use Microsoft DRM for its online TV offerings. No one is allowed to make Microsoft DRM players without permission from Microsoft, and the company tightly controls which features you're allowed to put into a DRM player, and absolutely prohibits the creation of open/free players for Microsoft DRM-crippled media. The BBC chose the DRM instead of making good on its promise to deliver an op...

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