[LINK] ABC embroiled in copyright debate over iview

[tomk]

I don't understand the debate at all.

The 4% early adopters will already have a copy.
The late adopters who have a geek inclination will know where to git it 
from, regardless of it being removed.

All the ABC have managed to do is to elevate Mr.  Visser's online fame 
to new dizzying heights ensuring that he will now be hired by some 
fortune 500 company like the NBN or Telstra T-Box to provide additional 
solutions for their content delivery ambitions.

Added to all of the above, I predict that Python-iView will now become 
one of the most sort after and torrented pieces of code on the net.

TomK

On 20/09/2012 12:06 p.m., David Boxall wrote:
> For those with limited bandwidth, a sad development.
> <http://theconversation.edu.au/abc-embroiled-in-copyright-debate-over-iview-9699>
>> The Python-iview application, which had been available for more than two years, allowed people using Android devices not supported by iview, or people with a slow internet connection, to download and playback later, programs offered via the ABC’s iview streaming video application.
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>> The ABC wrote to application developer Jeremy Visser last month, advising the application breached its iview terms of use, and requesting Mr Visser cease distributing the application or risk further action. The application has since been removed from Mr Visser’s website.
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