BBC Internet Blog: BBCHD and DRM: A Response to Cory Doctorow (continued)
Though Cory Doctorow seems to have moved on to other things, the discussion about the encryption of HD signals broadcast by the BBC continues.
Though the tone of the conversation has become more civil (the other commenters are a bit less antagonistic now), I find it more and more disturbing that Nick Reynolds — a man that, by his own admission, is “not very technical” — is left to field the questions. I feel very sorry for him, since he’s clearly working very hard to respond to reader queries. He’s not even the author of the original response to Doctorow.
The ludicrous situation arises that one of the readers, nevali, is having to explain to Nick the nub of the issues in almost layman’s terms — and he’s doing a very good job of it.
It worries me that, if there’s a lack of in-house boffins to answer the technical questions, there’s a lack of in-house boffins to make, or advise on the technical decisions that have landed the BBC in this pickle in the first place. Let’s see them outsource their way out of this one.
