BBC Iplayer, downloaded programs only available for 7 days due to drm

Sorry if this has already been posted. I downloaded a tv programme from the BBC last night, on Iplayer and it says it will be removed from the sytem in 7 days. Is it possible to stop this? and how would I go about doing it?
I guess its because of DRM but I'm not up to speed with downloading streams and don't often do it.

[Stream Ripper]

Hi Mozz,

Out of curisoity, what software/program are you using to donwload the program from bbc with?

Also, what other software do you currently have available/access to?

Thanks.

[any ANONYMOUS forum user]

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