I don't think that's true. EME exists -because- we started getting rid of Flash, Java, Silverlight etc due to their security issues. There needed to be something to replace those proprietary plugins or else some of the largest websites on the internet would just break with no way to fix them.
EME is the standardized version of the needed functionality from those obsolete plugins.
I dont think that is true. EME exists because media companies have the strange desire to treat their customers like criminals and Technology companies have the desire to ensure the user can not control the devices they "buy" from them.
EME is about control and limiting freedom, not about replacing Flash
What I said is technically true. You are simply talking about conspiracy theories and politics.
TV/Movie producers have a legitimate reason to want to protect their media. The lower the bar is for viewing the content they spend lots of money and work producing for free the more people do it. If there were no barriers to viewing movies then there are zero ways in our current economy to get a positive return. You can't fund Wonder Woman on money from advertisements. There needs to be a system where people pay for content.
EME is a means to an end. It's not inherently evil. If someone takes it and uses it for an evil purpose then we might have something to discuss, but today there is no way for our modern media to exist in a fully open source world. If EME didn't exist then we would still be using plugins to view Netflix. There is no situation where Netflix can operate in a fully open source system. And that's not a bad thing.
>>TV/Movie producers have a legitimate reason to want to protect their media.
I disagree.
>>>The lower the bar is for viewing the content they spend lots of money and work producing for free the more people do it. If there were no barriers to viewing movies then there are zero ways in our current economy to get a positive return
umm they are the ones creating the Barriers, DRM is a Barrier. I can not tell you how many times I have wanted to buy a movie or some other content only to find out it is not on the Platform or service I have choose to use.
Instead they want to only use the Platforms or services they bless. This is where the monopoly power of copyright breaks down.
If I want to watch a movie using my rPi running kodi I should have an easy way to buy a movie that just plays via a standard codec, it should not only be on a netflix, or worse now that every studio is making their own streaming platform we are going to see more piracy because they are simply refusing to sell their content in the manner consumer wants to buy it.
Basicly if you do not use Windows/Mac/Andirod/iOS you are out of consuming media. Linux haha screw you
>>EME is a means to an end. It's not inherently evil
DRM is inherently evil..
>>but today there is no way for our modern media to exist in a fully open source world.
That is completely false there is thousand and thousands of hours of media that exist in a fully open source world.
Music is almost all DRM free today, there is a strong push for DRM Free books,
TV and Movies seem to be the last hold outs for Defective by Design DRM.
They already have the most advanced form of DRM possible. Unlike a DVD or BD they can always cancel your account, pull movies from their catalog and dictate from which country you can watch movies. What do they gain from adding clientside DRM? The only thing I can imagine is plugging the analog hole but that is fundamentally impossible. At some point the photons of the screen have to reach your eyes. Even in the worst case scenario you can just use a capture card or even make your own by modding a display with an FPGA. It's futile to try to stop "pirates" with DRM. The only thing you can achieve is imposing even more restraints on your users.