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I wonder why they feel the need to encrypt public television. Is it so spies cannot find out what you're watching?
by jzwinck 11y ago
I wonder why they feel the need to encrypt public television. Is it so spies cannot find out what you're watching?
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- johneth 11y agoUsually rights reasons. A lot of the stuff they show is owned by other companies (films, sports, etc.). They also commission a lot of stuff from outside production companies who want to be able to commercialise it in other ways afterwards (e.g. sell it on to Netflix afterwards, show on repeat channels, etc.). Other reasons include not owning the rights to things within the show, most notably music.
- click170 11y agoI thought licensing music wasn't an issue with many BBC shows as long as they could be fairly categorized as Documentary. Eg Top Gear got away with using music from many famous films in almost every show, I thought this is how they were allowed to do that. And their "documentary" status is questionable.
- nicktelford 11y agoIt's encrypted to prevent other software/hardware from intercepting the signal and recording it. It's DRM.
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- de_dave 11y agoAs was once explained to me by someone with very close ties to iPlayer, it's because these are the requirements that the production companies of the programmes they broadcast insist upon. This extends to their own output due to rights issues, as much of it is licenced out to their commercial arms too.