People may be interested in these blog posts from more than a year ago - and in particular they should read the comments:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/10/freeview_hd_copy_protecti on_a.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/01/freeview_hd_content_manag ement.html -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Dobson Sent: 14 November 2011 19:00 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk; friends-of-backst...@pielists.net Subject: [backstage] Remember the controversy about HD freeview and DRM? Here is episode 2: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/14/bbc-hd-drm TL;DR? Cory Doctrow: "The Guardian just published an investigative piece I wrote about the BBC's successful petition to cripple its public broadcasts with DRM. Nearly everyone who commented on the proposal to the regulator, Ofcom, hated it, but Ofcom granted permission to use DRM anyway. The BBC and Ofcom said that the convincing arguments were in the secret, redacted text of a memo the BBC wrote to Ofcom, and both refused to release the memo, even after Freedom of Information requests were filed, citing "commercial sensitivity." I published the secret text in my article and as you can see, it's neither "commercially sensitive," nor convcincing. Our regulator is allowing the BBC to lock up the TV we're required by law to pay for, to give new privileges to American broadcasters that they are denied in the USA, and they're citing "commercial sensitivity" to keep up from finding out why." - 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/
