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HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix

Posted by Soulskill on from the new-years-low-resolution dept.

Jeremiah Cornelius points us to Davis Freeberg's blog, where he discusses his "nightmare scenario" of losing access to his DRM-protected purchases by upgrading his PC monitor. "When I called them they confirmed my worst fears. In order to access the Watch Now service, I had to give Microsoft's DRM sniffing program access to all of the files on my hard drive. If the software found any non-Netflix video files, it would revoke my rights to the content and invalidate the DRM. This means that I would lose all the movies that I've purchased from Amazon's Unbox, just to troubleshoot the issue. Because my computer allows me to send an unrestricted HDTV feed to my monitor, Hollywood has decided to revoke my ability to stream 480 resolution video files from Netflix. In order to fix my problem, Netflix recommended that I downgrade to a lower res VGA setup."

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  1. Re:I'll bite. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    1. Just because Netflix program does not run on Free OS it does not make the OS any less free.
    2. You are confusing consumerism with freedom.

  2. Re:Owned by fatboyslack · · Score: 0, Troll

    lol xbox

    sure if I wanted to play the redneck equivalent of gaming.

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  3. Re:Sorry Server Down - Link To Article by menkhaura · · Score: 0, Troll

    Holy fuck... Microsoft is really paying people to hang on forums like this...
    And I was thinking it was just another conspiracy theory!

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  4. Re:vista only by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is awesome! When people have asked why I hate Vista and refuse to use it, DRM was one feature I'd always mention. (Among many.) People have told me that I didn't understand it, that it was over my head, and that it would never work like that, and that I was wrong. (In other words the usual passive-aggressive bullshit shit people who genuinely know their stuff get from people who think they know computers but don't really know a damn thing.)

    Well READ AND IT WEEP, VISTA FANBOYS! I wish this had shown up a few months ago so I could have shoved this in their stupid faces.

    Thank you, I feel better now.