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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by leorocky on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:19PM (#7841870)
> "which provides the content protection needed for premium video services like Netflix"

I don't think the qualifier "premium" and DRM are so tightly coupled as Netflix suggests. I could imagine a universe in which premium, that is high quality content, could exist without DRM. So it's not "needed" as such. Those are weasel words.

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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite by oddevan on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @02:27PM (#7841930)
I can imagine it too, and I'm sure Netflix can as well. But nearly everyone making high quality/premium video TODAY requires DRM.

Edit: To clarify, if someone wants to make a service like Netflix and have it actually ship today (or any time in the near future), then yes, DRM is "needed."

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