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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by rotrux on Monday September 18, 2017 @07:13PM (#15280511)
Oh but don't worry! As soon as someone breaks www.cookbooksRus.com's "Encrypted Media Extensions," you or someone totally benevolent will be able to help render ANYONE's www.cookbooksRus.com browser-experience! Server-protection isn't always a 0-sum game against client-protection, but in this case it totally is.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by otakucode on Monday September 18, 2017 @07:39PM (#15280639)
Sure, and I'm sure the users will step up to fund your legal defense when you go down for violating the DMCA and CFAA and whatever else they can come up with.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by rotrux on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:57PM (#15287744)
Phooey & patooh! Obv the internet population doesn't know what's good for them. Politicians are WAAAAAY smarter than normal people. Everyone knows this.

One must simply route their VPN traffic through Eritrea => Thailand => Russia => Cyprus => China => back to some AWS server in SF & rejoice.

Just make it more expensive to trace you than the value of what you took/broke/F'd-with! Lawyers' fees not necessary!

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by kerkeslager on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:13PM (#15281071)
When the files being passed around are self-contained documents, the central server becomes less and less even a necessary component of the system.
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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by TeMPOraL on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @01:33AM (#15282040)
As it should be. I hope the DRM folks will ignore IPFS until it's too late.
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