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My favorite story about DRM is how even Netflix's CEO would rather not use DRM but basically less than 1% of the users care about DRM while it's a requirements

by dorianm 10y ago

My favorite story about DRM is how even Netflix's CEO would rather not use DRM but basically less than 1% of the users care about DRM while it's a requirements when signing contracts with movies producers. This makes perfect sense, and at the end of the day those who produce there content have a right to choose the conditions of how it's distributed

duncan_bayne 10y ago
Sure. But that doesn't mean the W3C had to compromise the Open Web by incorporating DRM interop into their standards.
vetinari 10y ago
> and at the end of the day those who produce there content have a right to choose the conditions of how it's distributed Sure, but also Netflix and other distributors have right to choose what they distribute and what they don't distribute. So a few movies would not be available, until the studios do the math and stop insist on DRM. Instead, they managed to outsource the support burden for their wish and it is financed by third parties, who don't care about DRM at all.
- rahkiin 10y ago
  Not 'a few' wouldn't be available but even less than there are now. Then even more people will complain about the small catalog of movies and series on Netflix and leave their service. I am not sure about the American catalog but the one in the netherlands is not so large.
  - vetinari 10y ago
    Netflix has this problem almost everywhere. They are solving it by making their original content and there surely is not DRM enforcement by third parties. In the end, it is about who can persuade the other party about their own relative importance in the business.
josteink 10y ago
> My favorite story about DRM is how even Netflix's CEO would rather not use DRM On which I call bullshit. They still use it for their own productions and series.
- UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
  > On which I call bullshit. Why? DRM adds cost and complexity to Netflix's operations. I bet a not insignificant number of customer support issues are related to DRM (e.g. bad drivers). > They still use it for their own productions and series. Because that's what their platform is. The vast majority of their content remains licensed, and that licensed content requires DRM. They'd have to run a largely different platform just for their own content to be DRM free and now have customers with inconsistent experiences depending on which content was displayed.

by dorianm 10y ago

duncan_bayne 10y ago

Sure. But that doesn't mean the W3C had to compromise the Open Web by incorporating DRM interop into their standards.

vetinari 10y ago

> and at the end of the day those who produce there content have a right to choose the conditions of how it's distributed Sure, but also Netflix and other distributors have right to choose what they distribute and what they don't distribute. So a few movies would not be available, until the studios do the math and stop insist on DRM. Instead, they managed to outsource the support burden for their wish and it is financed by third parties, who don't care about DRM at all.

rahkiin 10y ago
Not 'a few' wouldn't be available but even less than there are now. Then even more people will complain about the small catalog of movies and series on Netflix and leave their service. I am not sure about the American catalog but the one in the netherlands is not so large.
- vetinari 10y ago
  Netflix has this problem almost everywhere. They are solving it by making their original content and there surely is not DRM enforcement by third parties. In the end, it is about who can persuade the other party about their own relative importance in the business.

josteink 10y ago

> My favorite story about DRM is how even Netflix's CEO would rather not use DRM On which I call bullshit. They still use it for their own productions and series.

UnoriginalGuy 10y ago
> On which I call bullshit. Why? DRM adds cost and complexity to Netflix's operations. I bet a not insignificant number of customer support issues are related to DRM (e.g. bad drivers). > They still use it for their own productions and series. Because that's what their platform is. The vast majority of their content remains licensed, and that licensed content requires DRM. They'd have to run a largely different platform just for their own content to be DRM free and now have customers with inconsistent experiences depending on which content was displayed.