Submission + - Who controls your television?
Nurgled writes: The EFF, reportedly the only consumer rights organisation to be granted membership of the Digital Video Broadcasting consortium, reports that TV and movie industry representatives have been pushing for DRM in the DVB technologies. This in itself is not entirely unexpected, but these talks have been going on behind closed doors in closed meetings. The EFF itself has been blocked from reporting on this until now as a condition of being allowed to attend.
The proposed technologies allow rightsholders and broadcasters to severely hamper your ability to make use of broadcast television content, including the ability to retroactively blacklist any devices that consumers may already own that act in ways undesirable to the rightsholder or broadcaster. The EFF's conclusion is that "Public Interest, Consumer Rights Advocates Must Fight Back".
The proposed technologies allow rightsholders and broadcasters to severely hamper your ability to make use of broadcast television content, including the ability to retroactively blacklist any devices that consumers may already own that act in ways undesirable to the rightsholder or broadcaster. The EFF's conclusion is that "Public Interest, Consumer Rights Advocates Must Fight Back".
