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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by tptacek on Monday September 18, 2017 @04:45PM (#15279379)
I'm an admirer of well-done DRM technology but I think I agree with the subtext here, which is that DRM doesn't have much of a future. Ironically, the thing that is likely to end DRM is standardized DRM. By making it easier for technology/content companies to deal in premium content, content providers are making it easier to compete with them for their middleman role in funding content.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by 7952 on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:08AM (#15282161)
What annoys me is that DRM could be great for consumer privacy. I could have chat windows that are encrypted streams rendered fully in hardware. There are numerous legitimate reason to want to avoid data being generally accessible. But DRM seems to focus exclusively on content.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by sitkack on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @03:04AM (#15282374)
Maybe Mozilla should up this up to end users. Then Feinstein will make silicon valley break DRM and the NSA will enable 4k Netflix everywhere.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by noir_lord on Monday September 18, 2017 @04:48PM (#15279412)
In theory I don't have a problem with DRM if it was "perfect" (worked everywhere, didn't suffer all the problems with current systems) but I just don't see that happening since the incentive to stop at "well it's good enough and it works on 95% of our customers machines" is always there.

I also don't really like blackboxes I can't at least theoretically look at the code for if I want to, I don't like it with the Intel manaement engines (and AMD) etc either but that is a trade off I have to make if I want to run new hardware, compromising my security so I can watch a movie is a lot less enticing.

This is the kind of future I fear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noir_(novel) (and if anyone is wondering my username isn't a co-incidence).

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by bane on Monday September 18, 2017 @04:54PM (#15279468)
Standardized DRM also makes it much easier to break and distribute the content. Break it once and you're done. When any vendor can build in whatever kind of DRM they want, it requires a virtual toolkit that can overcome whatever DRM approach the vendor happens to have chosen that day.
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