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Petition update, 18 August 2008

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The BBC has announced that its iPlayer due for release later this year will be based around proprietary Microsoft codecs and DRM and hence be neither open source or available to some operating systems. This has already been raised and criticized by the OSC (Open Source Consortium). More information can be found on the BBC website and on the open source consortium website. This goes against common sense and government or BBC policy to be open.

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• Andrew Robinson
• Steve Woodcock
• Peet McKimmie
• Jon Levell
• Michael Louka
• Kevin Napper
• Andrew England
• Paul Cager
• Adam Henley
• Joe Rowan
• Dr Francis Burton
• Richard Clifford-Smith
• John Travers
• Vijay Chopra
• Jon Bailey
• Stephen Cornford
• Martin Appleton
• Malcolm Cunningham
• Stephen Hill
• Stephen Williams
• Ed Mackenzie
• Math Campbell-Sturgess
• Luke Benstead
• Marcus Granado
• Nick Robinson
• Chris Bainbridge
• Iain Hamilton
• Neil Williams
• Mark Shuttleworth
• Barney Gale
• Oliver Legg
• Ian Barnes
• David Sawford
• Alasdair Pearce
• William Burton
• Ed Hargin
• Chris Warburton
• Anthony CLark
• James Smith
• Rob Beard
• Emlyn Corrin
• davie moston
• Anthony Dornan
• Arthur Embleton
• James Duncan
• Lee Hutton
• Philip Tromans
• Ian Goldby
• D.Bridge
• Timothy Burrow
• Anthony Otley
• Graham Lockley
• jeremy slawson
• Stefan Salva
• Mark Etherington
• Christopher Harcourt
• Joshua Kite
• Stuart Peters
• James McLachlan
• Andy Furniss
• Neil McCalden
• Richard Tibbetts
• Nicola Archibald
• Chris Clancey
• Peter Anderson-Stewart
• Karl E. Jorgensen
• Anthony Campbell
• Stanley Dixon
• Thomas Yandell
• Matt Ryan
• William Hardy
• Steven Quick
• Roy Leith
• Brad Bell
• David Sherwell
• William Booth
• Leon Bradley
• Arthur Magill
• Edward Macnaghten
• Alexander Monro
• David Tester
• Jessica Mather-Hillon
• Donald Allwright
• Robert G Watson
• John Drinkwater
• Geoff Lamb
• Nick Boughton
• lewis meurig
• Jerry Clark
• Terence John Coles
• Peter Read
• Michael Farris
• Godon Lacl
• Peter Berry
• Bruce Stinson
• Dave Anderson
• Ashleigh Vincent
• Barry Leighton
• Edwin Garland
• Jacek Zdziarski
• christopher wallis
• Tamerlane Camden-Dunne
• Geoffrey Clare
• Roderick Joyce
• Tim Jones
• Dale Jefferson
• Liam Slater
• Christopher Gooding
• Matt Francis
• Simon Hobson
• Phil Jimmieson
• Martin Steel
• Richard Sherlock
• Oliver Brown
• Paul Foster
• Alasdair Kennedy
• Clive Calmeyer
• kendo nagasaki
• Richard Reader
• Martin Taylor
• Jody Palmer
• jonathan prout
• Roland Smith
• Billy Smith
• Matthew Cobby
• Greg Jackson
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• James Cresswell
• Sinclair Mackenzie
• James Nicolson
• Keith McWhan
• James Meers
• David Brazendale
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• john banks
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• Phill Campbell
• Vladimir Oka
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• Mathew Parker
• Richard Reeve
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• James Lacey
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• David Giles
• Josh Martin
• Matthew Buckley
• mike Jackson
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• terry Piper
• Mohamed Ahmed
• Matt S
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• stephen Schneekloth
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• Clive Carter
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• Bruce Robinson
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• jim streets
• S Stapleton
• Wesley Soltanpur
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• Philip Stapleton
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• Darren Hoyland
• William Meek
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• Clarke Rice
• Brian White
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• Jennifer Stapleton
• David Law
• tim lord
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• Shaun Bresnihan
• Simon Beaton
• Paul Stringer
• William Keyte
• martin hood
• Peter Da'Costa
• Antony Gordon
• Jeremy Stark
• Barry Seed
• steve houghton
• David Langton
• Andrew Walker
• David Ilsley
• Michael Howe
• Daniel Storm
• Robert David
• Clive Reid
• Nicola Amanda Mackin
• Chris Malins
• simon king
• Kevin Davis
• Josh Smith
• Peter Kennedy
• Mr T Chandler
• Andrew Guard
• Malvin Wall
• Sean Kelly
• Peter Down
• paul braid
• Ben Toogood
• james engwell
• Will Simons
• joel mills
• John Matthews
• antony watts
• Nick Borek
• Matthew Hardy
• Carl Anderson
• Hamish Allan
• John Porter
• Andrew Dixon
• Sean Kelly
• Michael McConnell
• Riaz Sobrany
• Daniel Bond
• John Langham-Service
• geoff slack
• Mike Woodhouse
• Martin Woolley
• Nicholas Stapleton
• Edmund Huggett
• PARBAT R H LALJI
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• Alan Griffiths
• John Perry
• S.R.Sutherland
• Julie Walker
• Pieter Goedkoop
• Robin Ferguson
• Ed Carnaghan
• Matthew Dolan
• Ian Vincent
• John Dawson
• Harsha Sri-Narayana
• David Mansell
• G Y Shin
• D M Bozzoni
• Steve Hallett
• Fuchsia Arnold
• Christopher Staite
• s d smith
• Dr M J Piff
• Nigel Spurr
• Alan Davies
• Rory Fitzpatrick
• Yves Remedios
• Stephane Konstantaropoulos
• Dr. Lee Pattison Brown BDS.
• Lesley Durling
• James Hobro
• Ian Woods
• Jason Crockett
• Simon Ellis
• Stuart Graham
• Nigel Bullock
• Jorge Bares Dominguez
• Daniel Glennie
• Walter R.P. Scott
• Andrew Reading
• Paul Tait
• Daniel Seddon
• Graham Jeffery
• Julian McIlroy
• Devon Buchanan
• James Willmott
• John Potter
• Ian Dodds
• Fergus Allan
• Tim Gershon
• joseph Warburton
• STEPHEN PAGE
• Richard Ablitt
• Jonathan Dilks
• Lemony Snicket
• Christopher Green
• David Baxendale
• Dale Stephens
• James Sutherland
• Crispin Cooper
• Daniel Staple
• Joshua Brighton
• Richard Craig
• mark savage
• Brian Quinn
• Leigh Roche
• William Gilchrist
• Derek Wiltshire
• Cinly Ooi
• Guy de Vere
• Greg Cheasman
• Martin Piper
• Peter Cope
• Louis Henwood
• Matthew Slowe
• Neil Harknett
• James Relph
• Mo H Far
• Roberto Zanconato
• Martyn Pattison
• Roy Preston
• Barry Leighton
• Stuart Wilson
• Bradley Lay
• James Reeves
• Janet Reeves
• Tom Mann
• J Knight
• Adrian Fowler
• Richard Coppen
• Andy Dixon
• Christopher Dudman
• Daniel Philip Weatherill
• William McIntyre
• David McCrossan
• Adam Jackson
• Matthew Burnett
• Derek George
• Mark Trotman
• Stephen Cole
• Peter Lenderyou
• Steve'o
• Angela M Taylor
• Damian Jones
• Alex Small
• Derick Collier
• david Dolman
• alan elderfield
• Paul Dunning
• Peter Singer
• Craig Hennessey
• Keith Summerell
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• Ian Talbot Bowskill
• Jon Clark
• Hugh Collins
• Peter Milne
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• Will Parfitt
• K Breen
• Damian Bere
• Richard Lemon
• Stephen Scott
• Barry Crawley
• John Harrold
• Michael Simpson
• Colin Price
• Daniel Mark Miller
• Marco Bertamini
• Euan Muir
• PK Dhande
• Jo Morgan
• Mark Thurston
• Brian Witham
• Lewis James Jiggens
• Eric Gilmour
• Alistair Gunn
• David Jones
• John Morris
• Dr Richard Hall-Wilton
• Julian Granger-Bevan
• David Nelson
• Grant Seymour
• paul edmondson
• Joe MacMahon
• Duo Duo Zhang
• Richard Cole
• Chris McGeehan
• Stephen Bathgate
• Helena Twigg
• Colin Taylor
• Andy Crake
• peter henderson
• Robert Green
• Jane Barnes
• T Roger S Wilson
• Brendon Lucas
• Susan Hutchinson
• Uzair Adam
• Tim Johnson
• James Parkhurst
• Nick Ivill
• Alan Campbell
• Christopher Kerr
• Matt Blissett
• Daniel Smith
• David Evans
• Alistair J Murray
• kevin cramp
• Andrew Cubison
• sam tygier
• john nicholas
• Philip C James
• Andrew Graham-Older
• Joseph McGuire
• Pete Jenkins
• E Sanders
• Edward Karavakis
• Jamie Curle
• Chris Richards
• vincent crow
• Alexander James
• Frank Langbein
• Richard Ross-Langley
• Claire Roberts
• Patrick Tarpey
• Sylvia Hall
• graham wallis
• Logan Carter-Johnson
• Nat Queen
• Daniel Waterworth
• Russell Odom
• Katherine Bearcock
• Martin Ouseley
• Lambros Lambrou
• Les Culank
• Kieron Wilkinson
• David Beatty
• Thomas Brennan
• Mark Small
• Tim Rouse
• Joe Taylor
• Matthew Bland
• Paul Francis
• Peter Maunder
• Mark Bramwell
• Jasper Shemilt
• David Bijl
• Romuald Pitera
• Richard Findlay
• Kenneth Partridge
• David S Moon
• Adam Douglass
• Kerry Stevens
• Colin Reynolds
• John R Dore
• Joachim Chapman
• Mark Marsh
• Sean Harris
• Dylan Mckee
• John Armstrong
• Uzair Adam
• A E Lawrence
• J RICHARDS
• Spencer McCabe
• James Cox
• Robin Staple
• Michael Fenton
• scott currie
• Andrew Tomlin
• Robert Jason Meerman
• Alan Parslow
• Piers Meynell
• Luke Haugh
• Alec Smales
• Paul Qureshi
• Jack Cox
• haydn john latham
• Nicola Amanda Mackin
• Atul Sharma
• Colin Kinloch
• beojan
• Jonathan Smith
• Steven Wallace
• Mike Pearce
• Roger Gibson
• Noel Williams
• Mark Callanan
• James Legg
• Joseph Ashworth
• K Mackie
• Adam Sampson
• Ivan Teblin
• Jeff Johnstone
• Antony Bastiani
• Mike Perrow
• Haydn John Latham
• Will Lyons
• Charlotte Hylton
• James Riley
• Stuart Leather
• Peter Burkimsher

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