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Re:Netflix on Linux with Chrome by higherpurpose on Sunday August 10, 2014 @06:04AM (#8159353)
I thought the whole point of "HTML5 DRM" was to be backed by hardware DRM. So are they giving up on that idea for Linux? And if they are, maybe hardware DRM isn't necessary on other platforms either.
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Re:Netflix on Linux with Chrome by jiggy2011 on Sunday August 10, 2014 @11:10AM (#8159902)
HTML5 DRM (EME) only defines an interface between the DRM system and the browser, it doesn't specify the mechanism for the DRM itself, the CDM is a black box . You could have a DRM scheme based on ROT13 and it would be entirely valid.

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-med...

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