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The British Office of Communications (Ofcom), previously having denied BBC's request to add DRM to HDTV broadcasts, looks set to drop their objections.
Digital activist Cory Doctorow writes in The Guardian that the consultation process has changed from one of "whether DRM is needed" to one where the question becomes "which DRM should be used".
The BBC is under pressure from Hollywood Studios to protect even free broadcast content, or it could face the risk of losing content to commercial channels that are more than willing to accept whatever Hollywood demands. The Ofcom is also wary of this threat.
The article is well worth a read for those interested in the history of broadcast based DRM and the fight to keep it off our airwaves.
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Digital activist Cory Doctorow writes in The Guardian that the consultation process has changed from one of "whether DRM is needed" to one where the question becomes "which DRM should be used".
The BBC is under pressure from Hollywood Studios to protect even free broadcast content, or it could face the risk of losing content to commercial channels that are more than willing to accept whatever Hollywood demands. The Ofcom is also wary of this threat.
The article is well worth a read for those interested in the history of broadcast based DRM and the fight to keep it off our airwaves.
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