DRM invaded television industry

Haven't written any thing for the last 10 days, but this can not be passed. So, according to the BBC website, Channel 4 will be offering their shows for as cheap as 99p per episode. From being amazed turns disappointed is just a matter of seconds.
* After 30 days service: have to admit that Channel 4 news with Johnny is the best show, even better than BBC News. Even if offered by this service, who would want to catch up with the news which is at least 30 days old. The war in Irag would probably be over within this 30 days.
* 2 day life-time: the fact that "each programme will "disappear" from user's computer 48 hours afte rthey start to watch it" really strike me. It really sounds scary, as you don't have any control, and right over the content that you technically paid for. In the technical point of view, these contents must come in a multimedia-with-digital-right-management(DRM) format, which can allegedly make the content self-destructed. Having thought that this technology still on paper, i was suprised that they have spanned to the television industry already, which normally is second user after the movies and music industry. However, it won't be long until some Chinese find a way to crack it. Unless supported by Trusted Computing infrastucture, it's still doubtful that this new technology is for a long-term goal. Anyway, all this craps urge me to look at that technology and find out how they do it. Will get back in this issue later.

* Cheap price for cheap content: Ramsay and Hollyoak are two of many things that i would never want to watch. Not to mention Big brother. My god, how could one pay 99p for an episode of Big brother, to watch people acting stupid, gossiping and sleeping for half of their day ? 99p can get 2 cans of coke and enjoy it with a real friend.

After all, this is still a good idea. I would definitely pay 99p for an episode of Lost, as long as it not 30-day late (at least 4 episodes behind).