ABC Shop DRM and Silverlight

[Christopher Lees]

Just a heads-up in case you didn't see the memo from
DefectiveByDesign.org.

The ABC Shop Online now has a section where you can buy DRM'ed downloads
of their shows. Apart from the ethical considerations with DRM, the
software relies on Silverlight and as such you can't even look at
previews on Linux. Mac users can look at the previews but can't buy
downloads.

I'm currently writing to the ABC to complain, if you feel strongly about
this you could write to them too.

The address is www.abc.net.au.

Cheers,


Christopher Lees