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Which relies on the flash streaming protocol, so here we are back at square one.

• JupiterMoon 12y ago
  Actually we're worse. As I understand it UK law considers that because flash based DRM is weak it doesn't count as DRM and hence get-iplayer is legal. Will this hold when/if the BBC switches to the new boss?
  • M2Ys4U 12y ago
    >As I understand it UK law considers that because flash based DRM is weak it doesn't count as DRM Unfortunately, no. I think you may be getting tripped up by the phrase "effective technological measures" - being "effective" is a very, very low bar. To quote s296ZF of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988:[0] “technological measures” are any technology, device or component which is designed, in the normal course of its operation, to protect a copyright work other than a computer program. (2)Such measures are “effective” if the use of the work is controlled by the copyright owner through— (a)an access control or protection process such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work, or (b)a copy control mechanism, which achieves the intended protection. [0] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZF http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/296ZF