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Posted on 19 Oct 2007 at 18:53

"Providing it for the most common OS alone was like saying you can only drive on the M25 if you own a Ford," says HeatherKay, getting us started. "It smacked of laziness on the Beeb's part, because it was the "easiest option" in order to provide the levels of DRM they wanted."

Not so, argues ethelredalready.

"The BBC makes its best endeavours to ensure that you can receive its services, it makes no guarantees. This hoary old chestnut about "excluding" Mac & LINUX users is a bit over done."

Either way, the BBC Trust, the watchdog set up to monitor the BBC, decided just the next day that the BBC was obliged to provide a full version of the iPlayer to Linux and Mac users, somewhat negating the argument.

Radiohead

And finally to Radiohead, the band experimenting with letting you pay for your own album, even letting you download it free should you choose, and many people have, though not from the Radiohead site curiously.

As our readers pondered the nature of piracy and whether downloading a potentially free album peer to peer as opposed to from the official site was wrong, it was monty666 who caught our eye with this lament.

"Several people in my studio have leeched the Radiohead album from one person that bought it for 46p. I was stunned that the others couldn't be bothered to pay 46p for an album that they probably would like. How sad you must be to decide to download something for free when it costs hardly anything to do it legally. Pathetic."

See you all next week.

Author: Stuart Turton