op 05-10-14 22:28, Paul van der Vlis schreef:
I am against DRM and I will not enable it. But I will not sign the petition at this moment. But, maybe somebody can convince me.
At the moment I see many sites offer HTML5 without DRM when there is no flash. That's really nice. And most Silverlight sites are already gone.
But there is a big risk: maybe at some day, when the browsers support it, all those sites will turn on DRM. And you will see nothing anymore.
Something like the "Sintel" video here: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/html5/eme/
Then I have to use it too, I am afraid. Sometimes. When there are no alternatives. Then they have a new DRM platform.
When I look at this picture: https://hacks.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/CDM-graphic.png Then I don't understand the security. The open source software gets the decrypted video, so can store it unencrypted. True? Not sure, but I am afraid this cannot be implemented this way...
The picture comes from this interesting page: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/05/reconciling-mozillas-mission-and-w3c-eme/
With regards, Paul van der Vlis.