BBC HDTV Might Get DRM After All

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  • admin
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    • Nov 2001
    • 8950

    BBC HDTV Might Get DRM After All

    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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    Cory Doctorow: The corporation is endangering its own future by letting the Hollywood studios set the rules for its HD broadcasts
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  • doctorhardware
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Dec 2006
    • 1907

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    I wonder how much the government got paid to change their minds about the DRM issue.
    Star Baby Girl, Born March,1997 Died June 30th 2007 6:35 PM.

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