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Oh yeah that's smart, all the critics have no idea right? Ok smartypants, open technology right? Doesn't mean anybody should be to do these two things: 1) Imp
by pyalot2 13y ago
Oh yeah that's smart, all the critics have no idea right?
Ok smartypants, open technology right? Doesn't mean anybody should be to do these two things:
1) Implement a browser, that implements the DRM (or at least talking to the DRM blackbox)
2) Get the software to encode his media on the variety of DRMs
Yeah, that's impossible. Why? Well, you can't d/l those blobs to run the DRM anywhere. You can't d/l the encoders anywhere. You can't get documentation the APIs of the blackboxes. Basically, zip, you can't do it.
If you're not in the MAFIAA/Netflix/Google pipeline, you're out.
Uh-hum, open technology, right?
EME/CDM DRM isn't about DRM, it's about putting up barriers to entry so that nobody but google and apple can give you a browser where it works. So that nobody but Netflix and BBC can provide content for that DRM so that none of Netflixes competitors could get a leg up and the MAFIAA has to go to Netflix if it wants its content distributed.
- bovermyer 13y agoSo if a browser like, say, Sleipnir implements the EME standard and is then able to act as a channel for streaming DRM-protected content... how does that imply that Evil Demons of Corporatocracy are taking over the entire system?
- Isofarro 13y agoSleipnir claims to run on Windows and Mac. Platforms owned by Microsoft and Apple, who coincidentally also own two of the main three DRM implementations (PlayReady and FairPlay). Then Google will add their WideVine DRM scheme. The difficulty isn't EME, but the proprietary blackbox it interfaces to. Without the blackbox, EME is worthless.
- pyalot2 13y agoLink to the documentation and blob d/ls for encoding/playback. Is that so much to ask? It's an "open technology" isn't it? Anybody can implement a browser right? Link, link, link. It's not difficult, see, all I need is that magical link, and I'll shut up. Show me the link, shooooow meeeee the link baby. Yeah, thought so.