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?"

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Re:The BBC aren't

[sopssa]

You have to remember that Fox, CNN and MSNBC is already three different news sites to remember.. give them some slack.

They should known by now

[SmallFurryCreature]

The BBC has been involved with opensource before and they know that as a public entity they got a responsibility to more then just windows users.

Read up on the whole iPlayer history and their codec choices.

The BBC KNOWS about this subject and yet they are aiming to make a choice that would again excluse users who do not use windows.