BBC's Plan To Kick Open Source Out of UK TV

bluec writes "Generally speaking, the BBC isn't allowed to encrypt or restrict its broadcasts: the license fee payer pays for these broadcasts. But the BBC has tried to get around this, asking Ofcom for permission to encrypt the 'metadata' on its broadcasts – including the assistive information used by deaf and blind people and the 'tables' used by receivers to play back the video. As Ofcom gears up to a second consultation on the issue, there's one important question that the BBC must answer if the implications of this move are to be fully explored, namely: How can free/open source software co-exist with a plan to put DRM on broadcasts?"

Comments

Re:If BBC is boring, ENCRYPTED BBC = ??

[MakinBacon]

I live in America and only get BBCA, so I can't confirm if this is true or false, but I once heard a rumor that on the real BBC some of the shows don't have Gordon Ramsey in them.

Re:Strange question

[slimjim8094]

If it's encrypted and the keys are stored elsewhere, the drive is full of useless data. If you use any competent encryption, it will take at least thousands of years to break - assuming he has no more resources than every computer on earth.