The reason for implementing DRM is to kill DRM, somehow..I think this is just post-hoc justification for the bad decision of compromising their core ideals for the sake of market share.
I think Mozilla has successfully trolled Hollyflix into publishing hi-quality videos encrypted with the equivalent of triple ROT13. I bet it'll take less than 5 days after release for someone to completely break the DRM.
opposing DRM is not a good use of Mozilla’s resources. We’ve stood on principle before, with H.264, and it hurt us, and our ability to have impact elsewhere. A bit like cutting off the nose to spite the face.
Mozilla is essentially saying the same as Steve Jobs in 2007. And I think this will also come true on the web. Perhaps there’s a sliver of truth in the idea, suggested even by Tim Berners-Lee (the father of the web!), that DRM in HTML5 is a victory, rather than a defeat.
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Anonymous2014-05-14 19:28
weren't they the ones who fired the anti-drm, anti-faggot ceo? faggots love drm /penis punisment/
>>15 they won't just have a thing in firefox to install the CDM binary from adobe, they're actually going to ship it - unlike "health report" you will have to agree before the thing runs..
The reason for implementing DRM is to kill DRM, somehow..
-- the Adobe module is not only closed source, it is also protected by controversial global laws that threaten security researchers who publish information about its security flaws.
These laws – the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the European EUCD, Canada’s C-11 and so on – prohibit revealing information that can be used to weaken DRM, and previous security researchers who disclosed information about vulnerabilities in DRM have been threatened and prosecuted.
This created a chilling effect on the publication of vulnerabilities in DRM, even where these put users at risk from hackers. For example, when word got out that Sony BMG had infected millions of computers with an illegal rootkit to stop (legal) audio CD ripping, security researchers stepped forward to disclose that they’d known about the rootkit but had been afraid to say anything about it.
This gap between discovery and disclosure allowed the Sony rootkit to become a global pandemic that infected hundreds of thousands of US military and government networks. Virus writers used the Sony rootkit to cloak their own software and attack vulnerable systems.
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Anonymous2014-05-15 3:39
If you can't beat em, join em. If you can't join em, use em. If you can't use em, fear em.
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Anonymous2014-05-15 3:43
So what can we do to eradicate DRM from both the software industry and from legal space? Let's try to make a list of things we can actually do.
>>25 With dozens of anonymous hosting services available over anonymity networks (e.g. Tor, I2P), the only security faggots that will be turned off by the legal aspect are those who absolutely want to publish their work under their own legal name.
>>27-29 Give up. They have billions of dollars and physical armies at their disposition. Just bend over and hope they'll be gentle.
With dozens of anonymous hosting services available over anonymity networks (e.g. Tor, I2P), the only security faggots that will be turned off by the legal aspect are those who absolutely want to publish their work under their own legal name.
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT NO, WE AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT OH WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANY MORE
WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND THERE AIN'T NO WAY WE'LL LOSE IT THIS IS OUR LIFE THIS IS OUR SONG WE'LL FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE JUST DON'T PICK OUR DESTINY COZ YOU DON'T KNOW US, YOU DON'T BELONG
>>26 But I'm a powerful being and none of what you says apply to me. I will fight and win. And die without fear. Being a Super-Spirit this is natural for me.
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Anonymous2014-05-16 6:43
is drm in a sand box better or worse than running obfuscated javascript, flash, or whatever other shit is in the web? When these platforms are a bottomless pit of vulnerabilities. DRM in firefox makes firefox no longer an acceptable choice for me, but it is some food for thought. Is it safe to run obfuscated code on an open VM?
He has a point. Because without banning general purpose computers, you can't ban piracy. Although I doubt coercing huge companies, like Intel, would be easy. The other way is to move all software into the cloud, and banning there all user accounts suspected to running pirate copies of software.
Imagine your computer running just Firefox and you can't execute even the BBCode on your own, not speaking about JavaScript. That is the future of computing!
The EME plugin will run in a sandbox and won't come packaged with the browser. The user may choose to install it when they visit sites that use CDMs like Netflix.
You FSF-lovers need to get a life. It would have been an issue if they chose to implement it in the browser by default, but they won't, so stop bitchin and go back to /g/.
The anal rape will occur in the shower room and won't come packaged with the imprisonment. The user may choose to submit to it when they shake their irresistible skinny white faggot booty.
You goddamn hippies need to get a life. It would have been an issue if they chose to rape every prisoner by default, but they won't, so stop bitchin and go back to /g/.
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sage2014-05-20 15:50
>>50 dude are you really this fucking clueless if so it's sad because you wont even connect the dots when you see the horrible results this causes
>>54 There are no dots to connect. This is opt-in and the DRM runs in a sandbox.
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Anonymous2014-05-21 3:08
>>55 When sites start to require the DRM plugin to the extent that javascript is required today it will theoretically be a problem. Realistically, all DRM that is sufficiently a pain in the ass is cracked. It's a balance of powers. Be annoying enough to attract the human time and labor of the crackers and you will be cracked.
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Anonymous2014-05-21 3:38
When sites start to require the DRM plugin to the extent that javascript is required today it will theoretically be a problem.
This tells users exactly which website to avoid. Any website that is broken without Javascript is broken by design. They let us know that we should avoid the website altogether. Any websites that use the DRM are also a way of telling users to avoid it completely.
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Anonymous2014-05-21 5:00
>>57 I'm afraid the `we' in that sentence is a significant minority >>57-kun. I avoid websites that require these things because I'd rather not subject myself to the latest new javacallhandlebackpalletleveruseafterfreeclickoverrun exploit. Websites have been getting better about at least loading and displaying text without requiring javascript. But many present interfaces that require javascript to navigate. So if you need to use a website for something, or if you are searching for information, it's likely you will need to use javascript or not get very far.