Because DRM is a form of attack, not defense

Posted Mar 10, 2011 17:54 UTC (Thu) by david.a.wheeler (subscriber, #72896)
In reply to: It's the other way around... by khim
Parent article: Web Video Rivalry Sparks U.S. Probe (WSJ)

The fundamental "problem" is that DRM is a form of attack on users. Users don't want to be attacked, so if they get OSS with DRM, they can just remove the attack. There are ways to try to "lock down" software with remote attestation, etc., but these are just more complicated ways to fail.

DRM is fundamentally untenable for streaming audio and video. It doesn't matter if the implementation uses proprietary software or OSS. Just stick a video camera or microphone near the output, and all that DRM is useless.