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How encryption for Cinema Movies works

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230 points perryflynn | 3 comments | 20 Apr 25 17:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.759s | source
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john01dav ◴[20 Apr 25 22:47 UTC] No.43747099[source]▶
Even with all of this onerous encryption and DRM, it's not hard to find pirated copies of movies. It makes me think that the sacrifice in ownership rights for the theaters over their equipment isn't worth it.
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perryflynn ◴[21 Apr 25 00:08 UTC] No.43747502[source]▶
It also contains watermarks. So theatres which failed to prevent recording will run into serious issues. See https://dcpomatic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2372
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1. thr0w ◴[21 Apr 25 01:41 UTC] No.43747864[source]▶
NexGuard is a wild product.
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2. stavros ◴[21 Apr 25 01:57 UTC] No.43747917[source]▶
The flea repellant?
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3. thr0w ◴[21 Apr 25 03:07 UTC] No.43748220[source]▶
Nagra's forensic watermarking tech.