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Re:Update on HTML5 Video for Netflix by davexunit on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @03:34PM (#13934031)
>Netflix wouldn't be a viable business if not for DRM.

Uber wouldn't be a viable business model if it didn't exploit drivers and dodge laws that apply to taxis.

Airbnb wouldn't be a viable business model if it didn't sidestep hotel laws.

If your business depends on having unjust power over your customers then you ought to go out of business.

Re:Update on HTML5 Video for Netflix by pitaj on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @04:03PM (#13934317)
These are completely different realms. Legality of Uber and Airbnb is very different from Netflix losing all 3rd party content if they didn't provide DRM.

Also, many people seem to have a real hard-on for the same legal system that outlaws marijuana and created the DMCA.