Hollywood tried to get a form of content control into over-the-air broadcasts; they got a lot of pushback and ultimately failed. Now over-the-air broadcasts ar

Hollywood tried to get a form of content control into over-the-air broadcasts; they got a lot of pushback and ultimately failed. Now over-the-air broadcasts are done entirely in the clear. Requiring DRM for the web is ridiculous as long as the content is being broadcast in the clear over-the-air. Now it's up to us, the tech community, to push back against this attempt at control. The broadcast situation shows definitively that DRM isn't an absolute requirement for the content industry.