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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by AnssiH on Friday July 07, 2017 @07:14PM (#14722964)
> By not making it a standard we'll make sure that Neflix never, ever comes to Linux.

Netflix already works on Linux, with Chrome and Firefox: https://help.netflix.com/en/node/23742

It uses EME with closed-source CDMs bundled with the browser (Chrome) or downloaded by the browser (Firefox).

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have tw... by jandrese on Monday July 10, 2017 @10:50AM (#14736426)
My understanding is that it's using basically what the W3C is now considering. The browser manufacturers already decided on this months ago and implemented it. Now the question is if it becomes part of the standard so there aren't annoying differences between each browser.
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