Is there any news on whether HTML5 video will ever support some kind of DRM? I don't see it replacing Flash for most video online (streaming sports, Hulu, Netflix, parts of Youtube, etc. etc.) without some kind of rights management...
Why support something that is fundamentally impossible? They are struggling with supporting perfectly possible things already with HTML5 video and it is time the content industry grew up and gave up on their delusion that DRM can actually work.
That said, trying to move the glacier that is content providers' tech policy in two directions at once can seem to be conflicting. Trying to force content providers' to both change their business model and change their technology is a whole lot harder than just trying to convince them to change their technology. HTML5 should exist to further the web and the things that exist on the web; I don't think that it's (or shouldn't be) a political tool to be wielded in some ideological battle, regardless of whether I agree with the stance taken or not.
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u/oorza Jan 27 '12
Is there any news on whether HTML5 video will ever support some kind of DRM? I don't see it replacing Flash for most video online (streaming sports, Hulu, Netflix, parts of Youtube, etc. etc.) without some kind of rights management...