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Story: BBC 'committed' to iPlayer platform neutrality

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So if the BBC is committed to providing a Linux version of iPlayer...

... what does this mean for DRM? Personally, I think the BBC's arguments for DRM are dead in the water ever since the BBC decided to go ahead with the iPlayer launch despite the fact that the DRM has been cracked. After all, surely the BBC would have been *forced* to postpone it if DRM were truly as critical as they had previously been claiming?

But regardless, yes, if I were using iPlayer then I would be watching TV on my PC monitor. In fact, I already do sometimes, thanks to a USB DVB-T adapter. Which works with Linux. And even lets me capture the MPEG stream to my hard disc. For private, indefinite DRM-free viewing...

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