Karen Challinor

UK

staring at clouds

and more license payers money gets spent to plug the hole again

I will reiterate my argument for those who have missed it

if a programme has been transmitted someone will have a copy probably broadcast quality on a DVD or their computer

so adding DRM to downloads of a transmitted tv programme are a waste of time, effort and money

not adding DRM would effectively make viewing such material, platform and viewer independent thus saving the money spent on the development of the iPlayer downloader and the iPlayer viewer and no one would be complaining that they couldn't view content on their platform

unfortunately someone has made a decision that DRM is the way to go, indeed some of the people that make the programmes don't want downloads of their content without DRM despite the fact that once it has been broadcast it is a waste of time, these people would look rather foolish were DRM to be dropped

so effectively it's costing license payers money to allow some executives to save face

and I for one object to that particular use of my tv license money