[LINK] Freeview (was Re: Now this is cool! <<< Why should we click the link????)

[Richard Chirgwin]

Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Roger Clarke wrote:
>   
>> At 14:32 +1100 24/2/09, Robin Whittle wrote:
>>     
>>> There's gotta be an acronym for this pesky practice of writing to a
>>> mailing list encouraging readers to look at a web page without *any*
>>> indication of what the page concerns or why anyone might be
>>> interested in it.
>>>       
>> WITIW
>>
>>     
> <snip>
>   
>> What Is This, I Wonder?
>>
>>     
>
> When you guys come up with the Acronym - let me know. But I did not consider OT
> the appropriate label.
>
> Leaving aside Eric's useful review, of the website and the cafe. For my part, I
> was impressed by the appropriate use of animated graphic (neon light in the
> window) and the cool music that streamed via Kaffiene to my Firefox/Linux
> laptop, over 3G wireless.
>
> The music is in MP3 and I wonder whether it is their own recording.
>
> Getting back to the Freeview discussion - I guess the big change between
> MPEG4/MP3 from MPEG2, is that "the industry" has moved away from
> content independent/device specific license to a Content based license.
> Presumeably also region and location independent.
>   
But the industry fails to justify why I should agree to a restrictive
license in the first place, when no such license attaches to an ordinary
free to air TV.

RC
> Some clues here:
> <http://www.iptv-industry.com/sp/psl/mpegdrm.htm>
>
> Marghanita
>