Ruphus13 writes "BBC's iPlayer was often built on Microsoft's DRM-protected technology, and has never really been liked by folks like the FSF. The BBC is trying to play nice, though, of late claiming, 'the BBC has always been a strong advocate and driver of open manufactory standards. Without these standards, TV and radio broadcasting would simply not function. I believe that the time has come for the BBC to start adopting open conforming to accepted called for such as H.264 and AAC for our audio and video support commonality service on the web.' This article argues that actions speak louder than words, and this is where the BBC falls short. 'The fact that both AAC and H.264 are encumbered with patent licenses that make their sequence


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