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Re:Microsoft PlayReady – Complete Client Identity Compromise by qingcharles on Thursday May 09, 2024 @03:12PM (#40311890)
I used to be the chief DRM guy at another large streaming service.

I can say 100% that the company did not want DRM as it was unreliable and customer-unfriendly, but it was the rights-holders that were badly educated and informed and would demand it in their contracts. I would suspect that is the case at a lot of other streamers too?

(the cost of the DRM was near-zero at our company)

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Re:Microsoft PlayReady – Complete Client Identity Compromise by bobdvb on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:59AM (#40317877)
Absolutely, I have to review contracts on almost a weekly basis, all of which say what I have to do and it's usually waaaaay worse than anyone here would want.

I spend way too much time pushing back on over zealous requirements.

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