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DRM works great, but DRM is not for protecting content from piracy. It's for getting leverage over playback device manufacturers. https://plus.google.com/+IanH
by pornel 10y ago
DRM works great, but DRM is not for protecting content from piracy. It's for getting leverage over playback device manufacturers.
https://plus.google.com/+IanHickson/posts/iPmatxBYuj2 https://plus.google.com/+IanHickson/posts/iPmatxBYuj2
- vbezhenar 10y agoThat's a very interesting point of view, thanks, it certainly makes sense. Though I don't really understand, why bother with all those encryptions, if you can just add some metadata to the video container. Something like "printing is forbidden" flag in PDF.
- pornel 10y agoUsually metadata like "printing is forbidden" or "ad is unskippable" is effectively optional, as someone could write a player that ignores it. However, adding any encryption covered by DMCA makes it the law, and allows you to use the police to enforce your file format's specification.