[TheGregmeister]

I remember the DRM encrypted and time limited WMV files the first incarnation of BBC iPlayer offered. At the time there was a lot of fuss about it only being restricted to PC's running Windows XP, and anyone with Mac or Linux where out of luck, despite the fact the BBC has long had an obligation to be universally available to all thanks to the TVL.

(At the time there's was the loophole that it didn't require the TVL although that loophole has long since been closed.)

There was of course a way around the DRM back then (obviously long since no longer possible) with 3rd-party software (FairUse4WM IIRC also worked with 4OD) that created a near technically identical copy of the WMV files with the DRM stripped out, although this only really worked if you had Windows Media Player 9 or 10 installed on Windows XP. Once WMPv11 was out the DRM remover software wouldn't work anymore. I made sure my PC at the time stayed with WMPv10 for as long as possible!