For those who may have missed this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11380490 Good to see that some inside the bubble are aware that a different conversation needs to take place. Richard
On 1 Oct 2010, at 19:17, Paul Jakma wrote: > On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Andrew Bowden wrote: > >> No it doesn't. But lets imagine that the UK TV system was being designed >> right now... What do you think a popular request would be? > > You mean "content protection". The thing is, the BBC currently *is* in the > process of designing what will become the UK TV system, and the BBC is trying > to build "content protection" into it. > > What though of the public's fair dealing rights? The public explicitly has a > number of rights, e.g. to right to make copies for private study, or for > educational/research purposes, or to re-use small portions of a work for > critical purposes, etc - an inexhaustive list. > > The systems the BBC is designing today, which may well become the future > systems for TV delivery, do NOT make any provision for the public to exercise > these rights. The BBC today appears to be engaged in building systems which > are beholden to commercial, corporate interests, given the BBC deliberately > is building in technical measures which try rob the public of their ability > to exercise these long held rights. The only public interest that has been > given consideration by the BBC, we know from public documents and statements, > is the "right" for the public to have access to as much commercial material > as possible - which of course requires "content protection". > > Personally, I really don't think its in the BBCs' long term interests to go > down this path of giving commercial interests such strong weighting. But hey. > > regards, > -- > Paul Jakma p...@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A > Fortune: > Losing your drivers' license is just God's way of saying "BOOGA, BOOGA!" > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
