Posts tagged BBC
Public pressure stops BBC's HDTV DRM drive (for now)
Nov 10th
Under pressure from Hollywood, the BBC suggested encrypting some key bits of its new over-the-air high-def TV broadcasts… and it would only give the keys to set-top box makers who agreed to a secret set of copy protection measures. After public pressure, the government has put the brakes on the scheme.
UK surveillance plan to go ahead
Nov 9th
The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, such as within online games.
