Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM
by acdha on Friday October 04, 2013 @06:14PM
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Watermarking is a great idea and I would really like to see it replace DRM snake-oil but I think the real point was simply that nobody has successfully commercialized such a service. I think there's a need but it'd require deep pockets and good negotiators to get off the ground unless you had some sort of solid all-indie play
Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM
by ensignavenger on Friday October 04, 2013 @06:15PM
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What happens if I sell the content, then the purchaser distributes it? Do I then get blamed for copyright infringement?
Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM
by azakai on Friday October 04, 2013 @08:57PM
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If you buy content for personal use, like you buy an episode of Game of Thrones, you aren't allowed to sell it to anyone. But you can copy it between your own devices as you see fit.
Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM
by ensignavenger on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:41PM
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If you can't sell it, it isn't yours- you don't own it. (At least, according to most definitions of ownership).
Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM
by throwawaykf02 on Saturday October 05, 2013 @01:07AM
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Another comment I made downthread might address this:
If we consider anything that works to prevent media from being copied in violation of copyright, then there is one solution that does not have a central service, and is not rent-based: watermarking.
Every purchase is watermarked for the specific customer. If they give someone else a copy, it is detectable from who they received it, so legal action is possible. But fair use is never prevented, as copying is always technically possible.
(Yes, it is possible to remove watermarks, but it is also possible to get around DRM - all of these schemes are continuously escalating arms races.)