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Re:Microsoft may halt development work on Silverlight plugin... by sjwright on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @09:22AM (#3215515)
Someone needs to explain to the studios about how computers are really great at copying stuff, which means DRM only ever has to be broken once by one person, and it doesn't matter if it's Netflix or Blu-ray or HBO.

The only thing Netflix needs to do is make it inconvenient to rip the stream, i.e. more difficult than downloading the same thing as a torrent. Anything more is pointless.

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Re:Microsoft may halt development work on Silverlight plugin... by MatthewPhillips on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @09:27AM (#3215533)
No, Netflix has to prove that they aren't the point of failure. Which means DRM is a requirement. Content owners demand it.
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