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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by ZoFreX on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @05:45AM (#7062631)
> DRM only works if you don't know how it works.

That's not entirely true, I don't think? What about AACS, which uses a very clever master key / sub key + key revocation mechanism. People figured out exactly how it worked well before it was actually "broken" - and it was broken by stealing private keys from devices.

> For games, Steam makes it easy to avoid SecuROM Hell

Steam is DRM. Sure, it's fairly nice as DRM goes, but it is still DRM.

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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by jeltz on Wednesday January 15, 2014 @08:19AM (#7063142)
> Steam is DRM. Sure, it's fairly nice as DRM goes, but it is still DRM.

Depends on what you mean by DRM. Many Steam games run without Steam and only use it as a platform for digital distribution.

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