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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by vidarh on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @07:15AM (#7056584)
In reality, most of the pirate activity in this house is my 4 year old son watching full length pirated movies on YouTube.

There is no real barrier to piracy. There's a minimal barrier for the hottest Hollywood properties - meaning you have to go through the hassle of a torrent instead of just going to YouTube - but if you want the content for free bad enough, you'll get it. Usually before it is available through legal channels.

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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by talmand on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:33AM (#7057909)
Actually, that wouldn't necessarily be considered piracy. Unless the laws have changed the last time I read up on it, this is legal on your part but illegal for the source of the stream.

Where your kid might be the factor in the piracy bit is in file-sharing, which makes you an uploader and not just a downloader.

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