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Any standard user agent would "circumvent" the "protection" in exactly the same manner. If Firefox used that page as a test case for its JS engine, would that m

Any standard user agent would "circumvent" the "protection" in exactly the same manner. If Firefox used that page as a test case for its JS engine, would that make it primarily designed for circumvention? The point of the rolling cipher is that you can't access the video without running their JS. youtube-dl did exactly that, just as any user agent would.

sfifs 6y ago
Well if it actually went to a court case, I'm sure either RIAA's lawyers or the defence lawyers would subpoena Google to disclose the split of downloaded videos between protected and not protected videos and then we'd actually know. It is likely RIAA would have already done some sense check of usage already using metered PC panels before even stirring up this particular hornets nest.
- justinclift 6y ago
  > It is likely RIAA would have already done some sense check of usage already using metered PC panels ... Not sure about that. The RIAA approach over the last few years doesn't seem very well researched or well thought out. They seem to more go after "targets of opportunity" + add in coercion wherever possible. That's just my impression anyway.