If you standardize it, you legitimize it. The most important difference between Sony malware and an open-source crypto library is not that the former is more d

If you standardize it, you legitimize it. The most important difference between Sony malware and an open-source crypto library is not that the former is more difficult to reverse-engineer. It is that the former is illegal to reverse-engineer, at least in some parts of the world. This is what gives content owners the illusion that their DRM protects them. They are not looking for bulletproof technical protection. Social and legal high ground is good enough for them and their propaganda machine. If DRM becomes standardized, it becomes much harder for the rest of us to make a convincing argument that this crap is not what the web was meant to be. The next thing you know, users of DRM-free browsers will be shown error pages telling them upgrade to a more standards-compliant alternative.