DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still under its control

Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by coretx on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:42PM (#20046417)

Are you aware of Widevine being Alphabet/Google property?

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Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by est31 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:08PM (#20046667)

Yes, Google owns Widevine. But if they really wanted to hurt browsers that don't have EME, they'd deploy DRM to all youtube videos, including the free ones and maybe even offer other DRM types like DRM'd text and DRM'd photographs and use them in their web services.

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Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @11:32PM (#20048128)

>But if they really wanted to hurt browsers that don't have EME, they'd deploy DRM to all youtube videos,

Can they just add DRM to content they do not own? They could likely work something out, but the problems may outweigh the benefit they would gain.

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Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by fenwick67 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @01:02AM (#20048549)

Google certainly owns the right to transmit Youtube videos to users however they see fit.

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Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by ronsor on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:51PM (#20046501)

>it's using OS built in DRM mechanisms that the studios love

that implies either Apple's FairPlay or Microsoft's PlayReady; no Widevine

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Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by nyuszika7h on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:07PM (#20046657)

Chrome uses Widevine, Chromium Edge uses both Widevine and PlayReady.

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Re:DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still u... by vitorgrs on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @11:57PM (#20048230)

Yes. And Microsoft Edge Chromium on Windows also uses PlayReady.

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