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Will Google Oppose DRM On HTML5 Video?

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-aint-for-it-we're-agin-it dept.

An anonymous reader let us know that "Mozilla has committed to not implement DRM in Firefox for WebM HTML5 video even though it is theoretically possible. Microsoft has asked Google and the WebM community several other questions that still have not been answered, but this one seems more important: will Google commit to keeping WebM in Chrome DRM-free? Does our community think that is important for the open web and free software?"

2 of 399 comments (clear)

  1. Re:H.264 by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Interesting

    WinAmp is open source now? Did I miss that new item on /.?

    How to VLC, MediaPlayerClassic, etc. do it? They simply accept the possible patent lawsuits. There isn't anything to get from those components, because there is no company behind it with a lot of money.

  2. Re:DRM in the streaming age keeps honest users hon by Homburg · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not sure about Netflix, but the DRM that Hulu and BBC's iPlayer use, RTMPE, was broken a long time ago. However, while it's possible to find programs for saving the streams from these services, but there don't seem to be widely distributed, user friendly programs to do so. I don't see why the situation would necessarily be any different if there were no DRM at all. People seem sufficiently happy with the service Hulu and iPlayer provide that they're not going to the trouble of downloading software to get round the services terms and conditions.