Quotations except from JJ Rousseau are from the BBC Internet blog article.
"They don't like the idea that the owner of that media may want to limit
the way they can use that content or have some say on whether it can be
shared over the internet."
"Man is born free but why everywhere he is in chains?"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Your interest in secondary sources of income, is more important than,
the freedom of action of the public.
"Consumers also stand to lose as, without this income, the range and
quality of the content available (on free-to-air channels) would
inevitably suffer."
Double the license fee and double the quality and range of content !
I don't think the public will buy that argument. You are merely arguing
for the status quo, as if that is evidence, of the best of all possible
scenarios.
Some would suggest the current BBC License Fee, is already over
inflated, especially given the relative size of the national average
wage vs BBC salaries and current BBC output.
Arguing for restrictions to capture more revenue, strengthens this opinion.
"Broadcasters could have tried to take a 'heavy-handed' approach to this
problem."
The public would revolt at the lost of facilities provided by technology
like timeshifting (VCR). This is the most you suspect the public will
accept. Remember regional encoding and Content Scrambling System on DVD's.
"whilst at the same time protecting the legitimate concerns of rights
holders."
The concerns are not legitimate, you do not have the right to enslave
the public, in exchange for secondary sources of revenue.
The proposed technical solution increases complexity and will fail, both
as a form of control and allowing legitimate access, making the publics
life more difficult.
"any form of content management is philosophically a bad thing"
And to think there was no content management other than copyright when
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, was alive.
"the Open Source community who may still fear that this will be more
restrictive than it will actually turn out to be for them."
Open source does not allow for secrets, the system is predicated on secrets.
"that we want to deliver the service which enables more viewers across
the UK to enjoy high definition content as soon as possible."
Subject to limitations imposed by blackmail from the content industries.
Perhaps the public should just reject the blackmail, and maintain our
freedom. This is a social contract too far, that only meets the needs of
special interests.
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