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Well, here&#8217;s another example of DRM madness brought to me by the BBC &#8211; this time it&#8217;s a menu system on a legally purchased DVD.<\/p>\n<p>My children don&#8217;t watch a lot of television, but there is one programme, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthenightgarden.co.uk\/\">In The Night Garden&#8230;<\/a>, that is almost guaranteed to attract my three-year-old&#8217;s attention for a full 30 minutes (believe me, that is an achievement) and also provides a fair amount of delight for my one-year-old (I have to confess that I enjoy it too).  It&#8217;s a very gentle programme, perfect for a spot of post-lunchtime relaxation, or for winding down before stories and bed.  So, there we were, trying to calm down an overtired and slightly poorly little boy who was desperate to see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inthenightgarden.co.uk\/en\/visit-igglepiggle.asp\">Igglepiggle<\/a> in the Night Garden and who doesn&#8217;t understand the idea of a TV schedule, when we decided that the DVD we had bought the boys for Christmas would be better used right away (and at least give us the chance to prepare a meal for the little people before a sleep).<\/p>\n<p>On went the TV and the DVD player, in went the disc, I pressed the play button and was greeted with 2 and a quarter minutes of loud, high energy trailers for other childrens&#8217; programming from the BBC.  I tried to skip the trailers and to go straight to the menu but all attempts were greeted with a message that said &#8220;operation currently prohibited by the disc&#8221;.  Now I can understand making me watch the legal notices, but forcing me to watch the trailers (on a DVD intended for children) is wrong.  So I will be ripping the programmes from that DVD and re-recording them to disc without the menus, trailers, or anything else.  In effect, BBC Worldwide is forcing me to break the copyright on a DVD that I have legally purchased &#8211; just to avoid the advertising.<\/p>\n<p>I would complain to BBC Worldwide, but they only publish a postal address (no e-mail) for contact, so I can&#8217;t be bothered.  And writing to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/pointsofview\/\">Points of View<\/a> won&#8217;t help either!  In the meantime, I&#8217;ll leave my complaint on the Internet for any other prospective childrens&#8217; DVD purchasers to consider&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s been much discussion of the UK&#8217;s archaic copyright laws as I&#8217;ve questioned the need for DRM and written about ripping DVDs and converting between multimedia formats. 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