2. • The BBC iPlayer Desktop program brings much convenience for us, for example, you can find
and watch the newest BBC television shows, catch up on the last 30 days of episodes, even
download BBC iPlayer TV-shows onto local hard drive or copy the video downloads onto the
BBC-authorized portable devices.
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• However, to prevent the iPlayer programme downloads from being pirated, BBC encrypts their
digital contents using Microsoft's Windows Media DRM – PlayForSure, as a result, the
downloaded BBC iPlayer programmes have 30 days of preserved period on consumers’
computer, once the period expire, the digital download files will self destruct. And when you
start to play the programme, you have 7 days to watch it.
• However, if you are particularly fond of a BBC programme, and want to download it via iPlayer
to your computer and keep the downloaded BBC programmes on local hard drive or burn it to
DVD for a long-term preservation, but not to re-distribute the digital material, this article teaches
you how to remove DRM protection from BBC iPlayer programme downloads step by step.
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