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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by higherpurpose on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:09PM (#7841811)
Can GNU/Linux use blackbox DRM?
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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by NickM on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:16PM (#7841851)
It's been done before with e.g. Steam or Spotify. I would assume some company or organization would need to release a pre-compiled binary implementation, which could then be handled in much the same way that Flash is currently handled on Linux.
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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by sounds on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:11PM (#7841819)
"Can"? Sure, there is no technical reason it can't be deployed.

"Should" or "would"? Not likely, because it will be easily circumvented. There are also more fundamental reasons why linux and DRM are at odds: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-condemns-partnership-between-mo...

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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by jkrems on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:14PM (#7841840)
Why not? You any install closed-source software on Linux. Firefox will solve this by downloading the binary component for DRM on startup IIRC.
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