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BBC HD Freeview to get copy protection.

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  • #2
    exaisle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,675 ✭✭✭exaisle


    busman wrote: »
    From ofcoms site ...

    http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2010/01/hd-on-freeview-4/

    Big deal or not?

    I've read the Executive Summary and the Appendix containing the BBC proposals. Am I correct in thinking that HD Freeview will continue to be "viewable" through current receivers and that this change will only impact on receivers produced in the future, OR will the proposed content management system restrict access to HD content via current "Freeview" receivers?

    The Freeview platform in the UK is quite small at present, so making this change may only impact on future HD Freeview receivers. Otherwise, it smacks of moving the goalposts and requiring the consumers who have already purchased HD Freeview compatible receivers to upgrade.

    By the way, well done to the OP for raising the issue.

    E.


  • #3
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,138 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    busman wrote: »
    From ofcoms site ...

    http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2010/01/hd-on-freeview-4/

    Big deal or not?

    I thought this was already there. All it means, as far as I can tell, is that the user will not be able to copy any recorded content away from the original device. In other words, content recorded onto a PVR, can only be watched via that device, and cannot be copied to a DVD, for example, and then circulated.

    This is what HDMI is all about, protecting the rights of the copyright holders.


  • #4
    Apogee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Apogee


    The decision is a little odd as it was reported in November that Ofcom had rejected the proposal.
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a186123/ofcom-rejects-bbc-freeview-hd-copy-plans.html

    It isn't so much copy protection as obfuscation. It will still be possible to record HD material with third party receivers and make multiple copies. And it's likely that 3rd party manufacturers will be able to reverse-engineer the Huffman tables as per the Freesat EPG.


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