What changed in 2006?

[maniac]

Originally Posted by nekrom

Problem with DRM is it's easily cracked & pisses off paysite members.

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Let's assume that all programs had DRM on their content. So, even if a few videos get cracked and shared, the majority (95% +) of the content will be protected from the sharing networks (rapidshare, p2p... etc.).

First a paysite member get pissed off only if he is promted to enter a password each time he wants to play a video. But as you see from the email, it's possible to avoid this. And the second reason for a member to get pissed off is because DRM has such an option, where you can block access to the downloaded videos once the membership has expired. But as you see:

"Once we issue a 100 year license, the video will no longer contact our
license server for instructions, so it does not matter if they are still a
member of your site or not."

...this could be avoided too. The only thing that a member will have to do is to enter his password only once, and that's it, he will be able to play his videos forever.

Personally I would prefer to promote a sponsor that can protect its content than a sponsor that has its videos all over the sharing networks.