Stephen Fry on the iPlayer and the digital arms race

[almostwitty]

By any stretch of the imagination, Stephen Fry is one of the very few people who totally understands and gets the digital revolution (tm), and also has the eyes and ears of most of the population. More importantly, people like him and he is inherently likeable.

So it's interesting that in a recent speech on the future of the BBC, he apparently declared that:
- the BBC should not be ghettoized
- he regularly breaks the digital lock on the BBC's iPlayer
- the very existence of the iPlayer is making a lot of enemies for the BBC

It would be very interesting to find out whether he thinks the iPlayer lock should be beefed up (thus perpetuating the digital arms race), or whether he (as a rights provider of some considerable length) would be prepared to let his content loose online. Or whether it should be shut down entirely.

Comments

[red-silk-robe.livejournal.com]

I recently subscribed to his Podgrams via iTunes.

Fry is probably one of the most intelligent, erudite, and still ENTERTAINING figures of our time. I adore him to bits. I'll enjoy seeing where the iPlayer fracas goes.

[almostwitty]

I shouldn't really mention the time I was in Stephen Fry's bedroom though...

[red-silk-robe.livejournal.com]

Okay, you can't just drop that teaser and then bugger off!!

SPILL! SPILL!!