What changed in 2006?

[maniac]

Rapidshare, megaupload, and similar places used by (sharing) blogs and -forums became a major headache to which nobody seems to do anything about. p2p and bittorrent is nothing compared to these..

...look what I got (btw I don't work for natnet):

Hello,

Let me answer your questions one at a time...

> 1. If I start using DRM on my videos, can I set such a DRM rule, so
> that when a video is downloaded, a person will have to enter his
> password only ONCE, and from there on he will be able to play the
> movie even when he is offline (without having to enter a password ever
> again)?

Absolutely. Generally, when a client wants their member to have what we
call a "lifetime license," we will simply issue a license that is good for
100 years. We figure that will be long enough. ;-)

> 2. Can a I set such a DRM rule, so that a member will have access to
> the videos even after his monthly subscription has expired? (So, that
> past members would have access to the videos for life.)
> My goal is simply to protect my video content from Rapidshare,
> megaupload, p2p and bittorrents, and not restricting my current/past
> members.

Yes. 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.

If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I'll be
happy to help in any way that I can.

Thanks,
Andrew
NationalNet, Inc.
NatNet DRM http://www.nationalnet.com/digital-r...management.php

So, obviously there is a way to protect video content from being spread away at places like rapidshare, megaupload and the p2p and torrents. Affiliate programs CAN protect their content. And in the long term I think this will bring more sales for both affiliates and program owners. I think we loose a lot of potential customers because of all this P2p and rapidshare places.