Adding DRM to Firefox

in internet on 2014-05-14 22:12 (#3KN)

Video streaming sites, such as Netflix and Hulu, have traditionally used non-free plugins, such as Flash and Silverlight, to perform DRM functions. Interest to move these services to the new HTML5 video tag, however, requires a mechanism to handle the DRM naughty bits. The W3C EME specification describes such a beast, but involves a non-free CDM binary. Here is Mozilla's take on the matter.

Re: I generally support artists and software developers (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-15 13:10 (#1MS)

Sure. I understand other publishers (Tor, O'Reilly, etc.) and even higher profile game developers have done the same thing, World of Goo I think. (Also Louis CK.) Dump the onerous DRM that punishes paying customers, and let your stuff get popular, treating the "piracy" as more or less free advertising / trialware or at worst a minor annoyance, since approximately 0% would have paid for it.