Without DRM, someone could use a basic chrome plugin or a greasemonkey script to download the original video straight up, with virtually no need to rip anything.
The people that can do that, are the same people that can torrent. The people that torrent and pay Netflix, do that because of the high downstreem speeds.
The DRM battle isn't a technical but a psychological one.
DRM doesn't prevent you from 'playin on unauthorized devices' as long as the media is available somewhere else, stripped from DRM, and cheaper than the DRM'd one.
DRM objective is to provide the illusion that you are legitimacy, to reinforce the reason for spending money on something that otherwise can be obtained for free*
Otherwise, i cannot find a logical explanation for DRM, as it bothers your customers, giving them a reason to learn how to learn how use 'alternative ways'.
*free if you ignore the time and moral cost.
The problem with supporting PlayReady is that Microsoft does not currently license PlayReady for desktop use, they only license it for embedded systems use.
Embedded systems are perceived as being more secure and as being harder for an attacker to break the DRM. I remain skeptic about this point, but those are the rules under which they allow PlayReady to be licensed and we are not in a position to license it for the desktop.
We are aware of some vendors using Linux + Moonlight on embedded systems that are engaging Microsoft to license PlayReady DRM and will
make those combinations work out of the box on an embedded system.
It might be possible that all Embedded netflix implementations use this "Play Ready" licensed stack. I don't think so, but it's a possibility. So now that Netflix has their own DRM stack, there is a new light for official Netflix on linux (if they care enough for my money).
He said that rigid poles don't exist.
They are in fact atoms which interact more or less like a chain of car suspension systems. Imagine your pole as a line of metal balls chained by a spring.
When you push a ball at one end, you get a delay until it moves at the other end.
With a long enought pole you need a distributed parameters model to solve the math. (The equivalent issue happens with an electric transmission line).
The end result is the same as with an electric transmission line.
Not having corrupt authorities on your ass?
That might be true, but you do know that Panama is a tax haven.
Might explain why their care not to bother capitals with corruption.
You say that windows is not secure enough, an that is a issue for you. Wich isn't true. Windows has proven to be as secure as any other OS. Almost all the atacks are targeted to the user.
Then you claim to use arch.
Did you know arch doesn't sign their packages, so in every update you make, anybody can mitm and get root in your computer?
Most arch users don't care enought to do something about that. I can respect that.
But they don't go around telling that windows users have less IQ than a chimpanzee.
It's interesting thing is that google highlighted some DMCA complains, that directed me to sites where I was able to download the whole album without torrenting.
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Without DRM, someone could use a basic chrome plugin or a greasemonkey script to download the original video straight up, with virtually no need to rip anything.
The people that can do that, are the same people that can torrent. The people that torrent and pay Netflix, do that because of the high downstreem speeds.
The DRM battle isn't a technical but a psychological one.
DRM doesn't prevent you from 'playin on unauthorized devices' as long as the media is available somewhere else, stripped from DRM, and cheaper than the DRM'd one.
DRM objective is to provide the illusion that you are legitimacy, to reinforce the reason for spending money on something that otherwise can be obtained for free*
Otherwise, i cannot find a logical explanation for DRM, as it bothers your customers, giving them a reason to learn how to learn how use 'alternative ways'. *free if you ignore the time and moral cost.
The problem with supporting PlayReady is that Microsoft does not
currently license PlayReady for desktop use, they only license it for
embedded systems use.
Embedded systems are perceived as being more secure and as being
harder for an attacker to break the DRM. I remain skeptic about this
point, but those are the rules under which they allow PlayReady to be
licensed and we are not in a position to license it for the desktop.
We are aware of some vendors using Linux + Moonlight on embedded
systems that are engaging Microsoft to license PlayReady DRM and will make those combinations work out of the box on an embedded system.
It might be possible that all Embedded netflix implementations use this "Play Ready" licensed stack. I don't think so, but it's a possibility. So now that Netflix has their own DRM stack, there is a new light for official Netflix on linux (if they care enough for my money).
He said that rigid poles don't exist. They are in fact atoms which interact more or less like a chain of car suspension systems. Imagine your pole as a line of metal balls chained by a spring. When you push a ball at one end, you get a delay until it moves at the other end. With a long enought pole you need a distributed parameters model to solve the math. (The equivalent issue happens with an electric transmission line). The end result is the same as with an electric transmission line.
Not having corrupt authorities on your ass?
That might be true, but you do know that Panama is a tax haven.
Might explain why their care not to bother capitals with corruption.
Probably monopoly travel random.
He just rolled a dice.
Most countries don't have the USA way of having multiple agencies that in the end take care of the same thing.
Like CIA, NSA, FBI bullshit.
They also don't have budget to have several and need to optimise resources.
Wasn't that why pdf was invented in the first place?
Can't remember when was the last time I presented anything in doc format.
You say that windows is not secure enough, an that is a issue for you. Wich isn't true. Windows has proven to be as secure as any other OS. Almost all the atacks are targeted to the user.
Then you claim to use arch.
Did you know arch doesn't sign their packages, so in every update you make, anybody can mitm and get root in your computer?
Most arch users don't care enought to do something about that. I can respect that.
But they don't go around telling that windows users have less IQ than a chimpanzee.
I mean, I agree that their monopoly is/was a bad thing, but I find it ironic and funny that it was classified as a bug.
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It's interesting thing is that google highlighted some DMCA complains, that directed me to sites where I was able to download the whole album without torrenting.