Billy Abbott wrote:
Mo McRoberts wrote:
I might be being dim, but I can’t see an angle to this where the
rights holders actually get what they want (anything which even
impedes pirates) without fundamentally altering the conceptual
landscape of free-to-air receiving equipment in the UK.
I've always assumed that they don't want to impede the pirates, but
instead want a way to pursue them legally and then make an extra profit.
It's the people who can't break the law, the consumer electronics
companies who will be required to obtain a licence who will be affected.
It is a legal trigger.
Conditions placed on them (Consumer Electronics), will impact the
consumer, due to built in restrictions in the equipment, imposed by a
licence holder (DTVA).
This will alter the landscape of free-to-air, circumventing the
intention of the law.
You can't build a PVR, or even a TV without an EPG.
And as was suggested, this will allow the DTVA to control innovation, in
this field, by authorising products (and charging for a licence? aka
profit).
This exactly the public interest, that the law was intended to protect.
And why the metadata (EPG), should be regarded as part of the signal,
(it is broadcast) that must be unencrypted for public service broadcasting.
QED.
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