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Would someone mind helping me understand the debate? I don't watch TV or even movies very often (when I do I use Amazon prime). I never watch movies more than o

Would someone mind helping me understand the debate? I don't watch TV or even movies very often (when I do I use Amazon prime). I never watch movies more than once. I do listen to music multiple times. But AFAIK all the MP3s for sale on major sites are DRM-free nowadays. What are the main specific scenarios involving DRM that people are talking about here?

craigsmansion 9y ago
The likely fallout of this decision is that web pages will cease to exist and will be replaced by tiny DRM protected proprietary binaries for which the web is simply the delivery mechanism. It's not just about movies or music, but also about text pages. Big content has now managed to co-opt the open web. It is no longer a network of peers (some bigger, some smaller) but introduces two tiers, owners and users, and all the power disparity that comes with that.
bytesandbots 9y ago
Have you tried watching Amazon Prime on Opera browser? Most premium content will not play on any browser other than Chrome, Edge and Firefox. If they play, it will be only SD version. This is not because Opera has not implemented some web standards. It is because the major three browsers have all implemented a proprietary system of content protection. There is another side of this story. Let's say you have to publish content on your website. You do not have any way to publish it as securely as "Amazon Prime" without signing an agreement with Google and Microsoft. Thirdly, there comes DRM protection rules thanks to team MPAA. In most countries, you can not try to reverse-engineer the proprietary decryption module that comes with browsers without breaking laws. Because of the above restriction, security professionals cannot break into the proprietary module to detect security vulnerabilities. Edit: I was wrong about Opera. Opera is in on the DRM bandwagaon for a long time. https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-developer-32-0-1910-0-netflix-edition/ https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-developer-32-0...

craigsmansion 9y ago

The likely fallout of this decision is that web pages will cease to exist and will be replaced by tiny DRM protected proprietary binaries for which the web is simply the delivery mechanism. It's not just about movies or music, but also about text pages. Big content has now managed to co-opt the open web. It is no longer a network of peers (some bigger, some smaller) but introduces two tiers, owners and users, and all the power disparity that comes with that.

bytesandbots 9y ago

Have you tried watching Amazon Prime on Opera browser? Most premium content will not play on any browser other than Chrome, Edge and Firefox. If they play, it will be only SD version. This is not because Opera has not implemented some web standards. It is because the major three browsers have all implemented a proprietary system of content protection. There is another side of this story. Let's say you have to publish content on your website. You do not have any way to publish it as securely as "Amazon Prime" without signing an agreement with Google and Microsoft. Thirdly, there comes DRM protection rules thanks to team MPAA. In most countries, you can not try to reverse-engineer the proprietary decryption module that comes with browsers without breaking laws. Because of the above restriction, security professionals cannot break into the proprietary module to detect security vulnerabilities. Edit: I was wrong about Opera. Opera is in on the DRM bandwagaon for a long time. https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-developer-32-0-1910-0-netflix-edition/ https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-developer-32-0...