iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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 ·Comcast
| reply to dvd536
Re: Woudln't the following be ideal: 1. I hate IE more than you do. I promise. Especially since I can't run it 80% of the time (yay OS X).
2. Content providers are scared stiff about letting video out onto the intertubes. They aren't going to see a single bit of content go out to consumers as a downloadable non-DRMed file.
3. Streaming on the other hand is fine, apparently. Though you *can* usually grab the stream as an FLV or H.264 file and have the download completed.
4. Unlike (apparently) most people on DSLR, I understand that some companies aren't comfortable just laying their content "out there" without DRM. Done right, DRM doesn't get in anyone's way. As long as I don't "own" the content, I as the consumer don't care whether it's DRMed or not.
5. Access to TV Everywhere is predicated on being a CATV subscriber. Guess what decides whether you can play a video or not based n that? Yup, DRM.
6. The only IE-only things I've seen recently are tired old office-related apps that frankly anyone in their right mind shouldn't be using. Media folks have realized that media-savvy consumers are using browsers other than IE and OSes other than Windows. Hence the availability of Hulu Desktop for Mac and Windows, and hence nearly every video site being based on Flash rather than Silverlight.
7. In case I didn't make it clear before, if I *own* a piece of content I don't want it DRMed and will do everything in my power to skirt around any DRM placed on it. OTOH if I receive said content as a subscription, ad-supported or value-added service, DRM away.
8. If you don't like DRM on video in 2009, I may have a few private tracker invites left. Seriously... |
