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Um, no. I just spent the last eight years of my life building a streaming service and fighting against DRM, and the last two years negotiating terms with sever
by dasil003 11y ago
Um, no. I just spent the last eight years of my life building a streaming service and fighting against DRM, and the last two years negotiating terms with several major studios and finally having to capitulate to DRM. They are most definitely not "just reusing old contracts" and you don't have a clue what you're talking about.
- benihana 11y agoCool story. Any reason you're being a dick about this instead of just saying "that goes against my experience"?
- dasil003 11y agoYes, because of the authoritative tone the GP is taking while completely talking out of his ass.
- nemothekid 11y agoI wasn't talking out of my ass. Maybe my information is little dated - but from talking to actual legal teams at Turner & Warner Bros., this is what I was told. Admittedly it was 2 years ago when I last talked to them - but given that it took you 8+2 years to finally get rid of DRM, there is some truth to what I was saying. It'd be helpful if you actually provided some counter reasons as to why content producers are actually holding onto DRM, and enlightening the rest of us, especially the poster who asked the question, rather than just saying "You're wrong because I spent 10 years in the industry".
- dang 11y agoOn HN, please remain civil even when—most of all when—you think someone else is being a dick. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html