Re: FYI: DRM is Evil. Very, Very, Very Evil
Heh. Silly Netflix. This is all going to end in tears.
And yes, they do get some of the blame. They have the market share; they should use it to twist the arms of the self-important arseholes who make this nonsense possible. Ditto Apple. But oh no, that money is just too damned important, and it's easier to follow orders than to show some balls and actually stand up to the studios for all the right reasons.
Book for the blind on this matter by Jonathan Mosen: Imagine There's No Countries.
And then, of course, there's the small matter of Netflix and others weaving DRM directly into HTML5. Bastards!
This will all be over soon, like I said. There will be pain and suffering, but eventually, it will all be over. It has to. Continued use of DRM will, if nothing else, take on a more benign form, t hat doesn't involve the web or plug-ins, and isn't conditioned on silly geolocation tactics. Those whose interests align with DRM purveyors and who also make web browsers, like Apple, will probably not be long before realising the error of their ways because DRM in any form than a standalone application simply won't produce satisfactory results. There is a market out there of people who want--need--the content, and when you exclude an entire country you're just sending your users the middle finger. I can't wait to see what happens next.
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