In reference to my previous post on the Wii iPlayer partnership, the sony fanboys (Seriously, I don’t really want to use the term, but anyone who does something like this is obviously a die-hard fanboy, or a geek with too much time on his hands. Or both, more likely.) have cobbled together a PS3-friendly iPlayer web page. It was “done as proof of how easily the BBC could do it officially for PS3″.
You can access it through the URL http://www.ps3iplayer.com.
However, the ground that they have ventured into is very dangerous. I expect this site to be shut down within a week, and for several reasons:
- The iPlayer is a proprietary program. As such, the PS3 version is violating copyright law.
- Nintendo no doubt put exclusivity into their deal, and as such the BBC is inadvertantly breaking that contract if they let this sit.
- The agent string masking that is used, can theoretically allow anyone to view iPlayer, not just those with a valid UK TV License. Anyone who views the iPlayer without a TV License is committing a crime as it stands.
So, being an advocate of open source, I say this: Contact the owner of the PS3 iPlayer code, if you can, and offer to host a mirror. Someone should keep a list of them, and have the PS3iPlayer domain redirect to a random one on the list each time.
From CVG.