Re: Is EME usable regardless of the software/hardware I use ?

> You are just asking the same question again and again: 'Why do we need
> DRM?'. The answer is that the owners of the content choose to license
> their content with this requirement. That's just the product they
> offer. Why do they do that ? You'll have to ask them, but there can be
> no doubt that they do and little prospect that this will change soon.
>
Maybe because nobody have been able yet to give an answer about how
DRM would be useful to me as final user. Until that, I've only find
that he gave me more problems than beneficts (none, in fact), so until
that, I'll find BitTorrent give me a better service...

And yes, you are right that I should blame to the majors instead of
you about this topic, sorry... :-(


>> They
>> don't offer any added value that would compensate the costs...
>
> Well, the added value to the user is that they can access this content at all.
>
> Whether there is added value more generally is a difficult question.
> Clearly there is value (content is sold, revenue can be used to make
> more content) and clearly there are costs, including the opportunity
> cost of some things that might be easier if there was no DRM.
>
> This whole discussion could be about whether these costs are higher
> than the value or vice versa.
>
I agree.


>> And no, I don't consider to be able to play 4k videos as an "added
>> value" since almost nobody will be able to notice the higher quality
>> except with > 100" screens and also the raw CPU and GPU power will be
>> able to decode it someday without problems, so don't need to add here
>> any GPU based CDM.
>
> That's ok, you don't need to buy 4k videos if you don't want to. The
> SD and HD versions will still be available.
>
>From majors I don't know, ripped off on BitTorrent by sure ;-)

And with that I don't want to say that it's the only thing I do, since
I go to cinema once a week or each two weeks, because the offer to me
an added value (bigger screen, good audio system...), but only for
movies that would offer that added value, that each time they are less
of them so it start to be usual to just to have an empty theater (I
have been several times in the last years alone in the cinema or just
with only one friend and arriving with the projection started...) and
more taking in account that movies are now at 9 euros with young
discount, so probably I will don't come back since the "added value"
compensate each time less and less... :-/


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