<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">The BBC plan to introduce encryption in regard to their HD channels. It
will mean that existing Linux boxes won't function anymore and that, of
course, will include MythTV *(see below).<br><br>More information:-<br><span>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8259154.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8259154.stm</a><div style="display: inline-block; cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div></span><br>
From which comes:-<br>
"Critics of the BBC's request say that open source licenses are
incompatible with the regulations because DRM locks down software so
that it cannot be altered by the user. "<br><br>Ofcom:-<br><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/66umlcx">http://tinyurl.com/66umlcx</a><div style="display: inline-block; cursor: pointer; width: 16px; height: 16px;"> </div></span><br><br>There is a PDF on that page and in it is an email address which can be used to respond to the BBC's plans via Ofcom.<br><br>Put simply, as I understand it, the BBC can't encrypt the video but can encrypt the EPG etc. <br>*If
this is all they intend to do then, as far as MythTV is concerned, it
won't be much of a problem as, presumably, listings can be obtained from
the Net. I have written 'grabbers' for channels which aren't in the the
standard EPG so the BBC should not prove any more difficult. However,
with standard Linux set-top boxes this may prove a problem.<br><br>Brian<br></div></body></html>