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BBC:n suunnitelmissa on avata audio- ja videoarkistonsa internetissä. On kuitenkin tullut esille, että BBC suunnittelee tarjoavansa vanhan materiaalin ainoastaan Real tai Windows Media DRM -teknologian muodossa.

BinaryFreedom vastustaa DRM:n valintaa ja on kirjoittanut BBC:lle toimitettavan adressin, joka on kenen tahansa allekirjoitettavissa osoitteessa www.freethebbc.info

DRM, or Digital Restrictions Management, is technology that artificially limits what users can do with media. BinaryFreedom opposes the BBC’s use of DRM for several reasons. The BBC is meant to serve the public trust, but in using DRM they are instead supporting private enterprise at the cost of the public’s rights. Users of free software (like GNU/Linux) will be completely unable to use the DRM media with free software. Everyone else will have their fair dealing (U.K. right similar to fair use) rights eroded. For instance, it will be impossible to extract a scene from an old show for writing a review or even for personal study. BinaryFreedom believes that the BBC should instead be progressive, and join the growing vanguard of companies that are supporting digital freedom by providing media without DRM.