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I understand all the copy protection that goes into screeners for first-run theatrical releases. The industry doesn't want their next $1b movie to hit torrent
by slg 5y ago
I understand all the copy protection that goes into screeners for first-run theatrical releases. The industry doesn't want their next $1b movie to hit torrent sites immediately on release. However it seems a little silly to put in all that work for movies that are already available to be watched at home and therefore can basically always be pirated from those sources which are usually much higher quality anyway.
- dylan604 5y agoAre you 100% positive that the video you are streaming while logged into your account with your email address and billing address attached is not receiving a uniquely encoded video JIT style with a forensically identifiable ID? I wouldn't be so sure, but that's just me. What do I know?
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoI’m pretty darn sure Netflix can’t do that. They would need to encode a different stream for each individual customer, and the encoding settings Netflix uses are far too cpu intensive for that to be practical.
- dylan604 5y agoYeah, it's kind of like how ATT says they'll re-encode your HD video streams to SD to save money. What they actually mean is they'll throttle your connection to ensure you get the SD stream from those available in the HLS options.