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I'm not even convinced that these supremely ignorant "rights holders" really exist, except in scary tales handed down from one generation to the next. I mean, s

I'm not even convinced that these supremely ignorant "rights holders" really exist, except in scary tales handed down from one generation to the next. I mean, surely they don't think their "protection" is actually working, do they? Have they never been on the internet? RTMPE was cracked years ago (the handshaking consists of little more than sending an HMAC of a magic string and the player file)[1]. It's all just obfuscation. Putting a transparent layer over the video and obfuscating the file name will achieve the same effect, that is, preventing casual downloads. That's all they've got at the moment, even with Flash "DRM". 1. http://lkcl.net/rtmp/RTMPE.txt http://lkcl.net/rtmp/RTMPE.txt

objclxt 14y ago
"I'm not even convinced that these supremely ignorant "rights holders" really exist, except in scary tales handed down from one generation to the next" I do some work in the mobile space around rights protected video. Trust me, they exist. Particularly if the content you're handling isn't on public release yet.
Rabidgremlin 14y ago
Oh they exist believe me... Working with a local broadcaster you run into all sorts of things like: 1) You didn't buy the streaming rights 2) You can only put it on line X days after broadcasting it 3) You can only keep it online for X days 4) All data packets sent to user must be transient, encrypted and not cacheable (that's a fun one to try get right ) 5) etc etc etc
PeterisP 14y ago
They do exist; and the rules basically amount "use a whitelisted DRM solution or don't get our content". A solution that you believe to be good and secure but that they haven't validated can't be used; and that validation takes significant time and money. And you can't really force your terms on DRM unless you are Apple - even multinational cable companies (that have been distributing the same content on cable for decades) have the same problems for any IP-based transmission, even for them the content providers have all the trumps, and any changes can be negotiated (paying a lot for removing each restriction) only with the next round of content deals every 3-5 years or so.

objclxt 14y ago

"I'm not even convinced that these supremely ignorant "rights holders" really exist, except in scary tales handed down from one generation to the next" I do some work in the mobile space around rights protected video. Trust me, they exist. Particularly if the content you're handling isn't on public release yet.

Rabidgremlin 14y ago

Oh they exist believe me... Working with a local broadcaster you run into all sorts of things like: 1) You didn't buy the streaming rights 2) You can only put it on line X days after broadcasting it 3) You can only keep it online for X days 4) All data packets sent to user must be transient, encrypted and not cacheable (that's a fun one to try get right ) 5) etc etc etc

PeterisP 14y ago

They do exist; and the rules basically amount "use a whitelisted DRM solution or don't get our content". A solution that you believe to be good and secure but that they haven't validated can't be used; and that validation takes significant time and money. And you can't really force your terms on DRM unless you are Apple - even multinational cable companies (that have been distributing the same content on cable for decades) have the same problems for any IP-based transmission, even for them the content providers have all the trumps, and any changes can be negotiated (paying a lot for removing each restriction) only with the next round of content deals every 3-5 years or so.