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Title: BBC submits plans to copy protect Freeview HD listings Post by: Alex on September 17, 2009, 06:32:42 AM BBC submits plans to copy protect Freeview HD listings
The BBC has been criticised for its plans to copy protect high definition Freeview content, by encrypting certain data that only manufactures the BBC deem trustworthy will be given the decryption keys to. The BBC says that the plans, which have been submitted to Ofcom, would prevent piracy, according to an article by the BBC. Only the TV listings would be encrypted, as encrypting the actual content is not allowed. This would prevent software which didn't meet the BBC's (or, as is more likely, the HD content provider's) copy protection standards from recording content using TV listings provided by the BBC, according to an article by ZDNet UK. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/_iJ4ZqYVGRc/bbc-submits-plans-to-copy-protect-freeview-hd-listings |