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On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:51:28 +1000, Peter Webb wrote:

> "netvegetable" <none@all.com> wrote in message
> news:chvkk.6612$tg.621@fe119.usenetserver.com...
>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:32:51 +1000, Wayne. wrote:
>>
>>> netvegetable wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please return to putting up news items as mp4/wmv/mpg files.
>>>>
>>>> A small number of us use open source operating systems. Because we
>>>> make this moral choice, we often don't have access to adobe flash
>>>> software. As a consequence, we don't have access to abc online video
>>>> and news.
>>>>
>>>> We may only be a minority, but we pay our taxes too. And I don't
>>>> believe we should be penalized for our ethical stance.
>>>>
>>>> Please stop trying to lock us into using proprietary software. We do
>>>> not want to be beholden to software giants like Adobe, and we do not
>>>> believe our taxes should be going to helping foreign corporations
>>>> like this dominate the web.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> If your 'morally' chosen OS does not have support for Flash, then
>>> contact Adobe.
>>>
>>>
>> Adobe is not accountable to me. I do not pay my taxes to Adobe. Adobe
>> is a corporation, and is quite free to just ignore me, whatever I
>> contact them about.
>>
>> The ABC, on the other hand, is a public broadcaster, payed for by our
>> taxes. And I, for one, do not believe my tax money should be helping
>> make Adobe software the standard for viewing online content.
>>
>>
> I suspect you are completely missing the point. Whilst I have not used
> the ABC service, I would imagine that they have chosen a different
> encoding format and proprietary viewer to stop (or limit) other people
> from re-packaging and re-publishing ABC content as their own. Insofar as
> the ABC owns the content they are distributing for free, this seems
> quite reasonable. This cannot be done with mpeg or any non-proprietary
> video format that I know of, hence the need for a proprietary format.

So why do they provide wmv/mp4 vodcasts of abc programs such as lateline, 
7.30, Q & A, and even 4corners? 

And even if that were the reason behind using only flv format for their 
online news, it would fail completely anyway. You can still download flv 
files with ease.

Personally ,I suspect the only reason they're using flash video for 
online news is that it's easier to embed in a web page, and thus quicker 
and easier for people with browsers to view. And they're just too lazy to 
include vodcasts of the news items. 


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