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Network TV is broadcast over the air unencrypted to begin with. Why is the internet so special that all that same exact content has to be locked down? Because
by andreyf 16y ago
Network TV is broadcast over the air unencrypted to begin with. Why is the internet so special that all that same exact content has to be locked down?
Because the devices that generally connect to the internet are good at storing and re-transmitting content, whereas TV's aren't.
- w1ntermute 16y agoNot like it stops a select few individuals from recording OTA content and making it available online anyway. All it takes is one source to make the video available, so DRM really is pointless.
- someone_here 16y agoDRM in a browser doesn't stop a select few individuals from screen capturing content either. Hulu is only looking at stopping the majority so that they can secure their licensing rights.
- KirinDave 16y agoDon't you mean, "The fiction that they maintain so that they can secure broadcasting rights?"
- TorKlingberg 16y agoWhat about DVRs, DVD recorders and good old VCRs?
- grhino 16y agoMedia companies fought the introduction of those devices as well. They haven't lost the fight with internet video yet.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoThey have lost, they just haven't stopped fighting yet.