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Re:BBC demands DRM for HTML5 by Gormo on Saturday February 16, 2013 @12:51PM (#5232299)
> If we're going to transition to a plug-in free web then we need HTML5 video to support these extensions.

So, a plugin-free web that requires plugins?

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Re:BBC demands DRM for HTML5 by jmodp on Saturday February 16, 2013 @02:15PM (#5232602)
Smaller specialized standard plugins.
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Re:BBC demands DRM for HTML5 by Turing_Machine on Saturday February 16, 2013 @02:30PM (#5232659)
Smaller, specialized, closed-source plugins that are practically guaranteed to become attack vectors.

Personally, I'm glad Flash is dying and am not in any real hurry to replace it.

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Re:BBC demands DRM for HTML5 by trunnell on Saturday February 16, 2013 @02:56PM (#5232746)
No, it doesn't require plugins. The EME approach is agnostic to whether the "decryption module" is implemented by the OS, the browser, or a plug-in. Nothing specifies where they come from, but in practice I think they will usually be provided by the OS. We'll have to see what browsers end up doing. There will probably be a variety of approaches.
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