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"Widevine Dump":Leaked Code Downloads HD Video from Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix

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449 points bertman | 2 comments | 27 Dec 21 12:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.445s | source
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alufers ◴[27 Dec 21 16:43 UTC] No.29703989[source]▶
Can we just stop the shitshow with DRM? I have NEVER encountered a TV show/movie that I could't rip using a torrent either on public p2p sites or a private tracker.

But I have seen a lot of my non-technical friends and family having a degraded experience, who pay for their streaming services every month. It was either because they were using a browser or device which was deemed unworthy of full quality streaming by the mighty DRM authors. And now the poor users of the TB-X505X will also have a degraded experience.

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marcodiego ◴[27 Dec 21 18:01 UTC] No.29704881[source]▶
You're mixing up things. DRM goal is not to prevent copies, its goal is to give media producers control over the distributors.
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CorrectHorseBat ◴[27 Dec 21 18:15 UTC] No.29705042[source]▶
Care to elaborate? What are they gaining from that?
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1. wnevets ◴[27 Dec 21 18:19 UTC] No.29705085[source]▶
I'm assuming the commenter you replied to is talking about the fact legitimate distributors usually follow the law. They're going to pay the large sums of money instead of breaking the DRM.
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2. mook ◴[27 Dec 21 18:35 UTC] No.29705257[source]▶
But they would be paying the same money without the DRM too; they're paying to be legitimate, regardless of whether the DRM is there.