GStreamer to support DRM
Posted Dec 13, 2005 15:18 UTC (Tue) by
ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
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GStreamer to support DRM by jrigg
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GStreamer to support DRM
DRM is also ultimately aimed at preventing independent artists, authors and creators to distribute their work without paying a toll to MS/the majors.
Once only DRM-enabled media will be readable, independent artists will have to go to MS/the majors to get their works approved for DRM, which they will not do for free (if at all).
The real threat to MS is not unlicensed copies of Windows, but the independent softwares like GNU/Linux that are possible due to the Internet.
In the same way, the thread for the recording industry is not uncontrolled copying, but the risk that artists use the Internet instead of the traditionnal distribution channel and bypass the recording industry.
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