--- On Thu, 1/10/09, Frankie Roberto <fran...@frankieroberto.com> wrote:
> From: Frankie Roberto <fran...@frankieroberto.com> > Subject: Re: [backstage] The BBC is encrypting its HD signal by the back door > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Date: Thursday, 1 October, 2009, 11:39 AM > > 2009/9/30 Nick Reynolds-FM&T > <nick.reyno...@bbc.co.uk> > > Cory's piece is inaccurate in many respects - see this > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2009/09/freeview_hd_copy_protecti > > on_up.html > > I wasn't entirely impressed with the Open Rights > Group's response, either. See my comment on > http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2009/bbc-seeks-tv-encryption-through-the-back-door > There seems to be a lot of FUD-spreading about breaking > existing Freeview boxes. > > > That said, I'm no fan of the proposal either, but I can > at least see where it's coming from. > > Does anyone know how the lookup tables > compression/encryption (as proposed by the BBC) compares to > the encryption of the actual TV signal (which seems to be > what all the commercial channels are going to do)? ie will > the BBC's broadcasts be more or less open/accessible > than the commercial ones? > The interesting twist is that they intend to protect the look up tables using the European database right, so you will not be able to use them in your own hardware unless you are licensed to do so. - 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/
