Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite
by dublinben on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @04:21PM
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It doesn't need to happen within a legal framework, it will happen within a technical and social one. Mobile platforms are walled gardens, that deliver DRM-crippled content. When the ability to sideload media content is quietly removed from the next version of your favorite mobile OS, how will you get your DRM-free content then?
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Re:HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite
by freehunter on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @10:37AM
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As long as you can publish on the web, as long as you can write an email, as long as you can make a phone call, send a text, or even talk to the person standing next to you, culture still goes on. There's literally no way to stop it without the death of mankind.
What you're worried about is that we won't be able to buy a copy of the next superhero movie. Oh well. There's still plenty of free and worthwhile works of media that can never be forced to close.