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.

[Allfetish]

Originally Posted by maniac

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.

If he shares this with another computer of his/hers (or reformats), I presume they have to transfer a license file of some sort, right?

Do these protected movies work with say the VLC player or linux/mac players too? Just curious.

[maniac]

If he shares this with another computer of his/hers (or reformats), I presume they have to transfer a license file of some sort, right?

If he do so, he would just have to enter his password once again (from the new computer). Then the DRM server will be connected and the thing will store a 100 year license on that new computer. So, again, the only thing you have to do is to enter your password ONCE.

I don't know about VLC player or linux/mac players, you can ask around. I would like to learn about this, too.

[Allfetish]

Originally Posted by maniac

If he do so, he would just have to enter his password once again (from the new computer). Then the DRM server will be connected and the thing will store a 100 year license on that new computer. So, again, the only thing you have to do is to enter your password ONCE.

Hmmm. I suppose that would work if the DRM server kept the customer in its records even after they cancelled the membership (for when the hard drive crashed or the license file got corrupted). But if not I can see where this is annoying for the customer and where they would prefer non-DRM movies.

If sites would do this and actually retain the necessary information and say promise to do so for X years, this would probably help DRM for porn become easier for surfers to swallow.