BBC's online media now requires MSFT player, DRM

By at 2:30 pm Friday, Jul 27

DefectiveByDesign says:
Today the BBC made it official–they have been corrupted by Microsoft. With today's launch of the iPlayer, the BBC Trust has failed in its most basic of duties and handed over to Microsoft sole control of the on-line distribution of BBC programming. From today, you will need to own a Microsoft operating system to view BBC programming on the web. And you must accept the Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) that the iPlayer imposes.
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Reader comment: jmhz says,

Engadget commenters report that FairUse4WM strips DRM from BBC iplayer downloads so they can be watched in VLC on the MAC.

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