Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM

Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by andyhmltn on Friday October 04, 2013 @04:04AM (#6494274)

Simple: Don't. You see it time and time again. People will always find a way to circumvent DRM. DRM does nothing but add time/money.

Providing content is easier to access than to pirate and of a reasonable price the majority of people (bar kids that don't have a credit card) will just cough up and pay.

The way to fight piracy isn't to lock down something. Security through obscurity isn't security at all. Sure I won't be able to right click > save, but what stops someone from using a screen recorder?

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by pgeorgi on Friday October 04, 2013 @06:58AM (#6494671)

> but what stops someone from using a screen recorder?

Protected AV Path. Which is why I'd expect this feature to quickly extend to plugins that only work with certain graphics drivers on certain platforms.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by deniska on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:47AM (#6496022)

You can just point real world hardware camera on the screen. Sure quality won't be perfect, but it will be decent, better than if same thing is done in a cinema.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by moutarde on Friday October 04, 2013 @09:56AM (#6495355)

This won't work. Most video cards now have an HDMI output and their are numerous ways to bypass HDCP.

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