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The alternative is that people will continue to use Flash, an even more obscure (and not to mention closed) format, which we are forced to take with even less i
by beaumartinez 13y ago
The alternative is that people will continue to use Flash, an even more obscure (and not to mention closed) format, which we are forced to take with even less inspection.
At least with <video> the only thing encrypted will be the actual video file.
- lmm 13y agoMany sources provide a flash player that itself obtains the video via a completely open stream - in fact, I haven't seen anyone using encrypted video files on the web. So for practical purposes the current situation is better.
- pornel 13y agoNote that EME is an interface for arbitrary DRM plug-ins (CDMs) that could be implemented on system/kernel/hardware level. Flash and Silverlight at least live in userland and have public API (NPAPI). AFAIK using them in your own browser is not a DMCA violation. OTOH EME deliberately does not define any API between browser and CDMs, so DRM vendors have opportunity to license CDMs to selected browser vendors and make playback with "unapproved" browsers (e.g. your own open-source build) a DMCA violation.