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[Pilcher, Fred]

Adrian wrote: 
> Its less about the technology and more about trying to 
> restrict what people do with it.
> 
> The ilectures/lectopia system here has/had provisions to 
> allow or disallow the students from transferring the lecture 
> onto "other media".
> I believe it was an attempt at satisfying the presenters' 
> copyright requests. This sounds eerily similar to what you're 
> describing.
> 
> Of course, students complained. :)

Ah - the old DRM trick. [Eye roll] When I were a lad lectures were made
available on cassette. (Actually it was on stone tablets, but let's not
go there). We didn't 'ave none o' that DRM back in those days!

Fred 
  
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