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by MatthewPhillips 5230 days ago
It doesn't have to be 100% secure, it just has to be more secure than right click -> save as. Torrent sites aren't getting their content from Hulu or Netflix.

Securing HTML5 video is the only way we're going to have Hollywood content stream over the web again. That's just reality. But it's looking more and more like these types of appwalls are what the future holds for the web.
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hapless 5230 days ago
Torrent sites don't derive content from Hulu or Netflix because the quality is poorer than iTunes. There's no conceivable reason for pirates to settle for a 1 mbps Netflix stream when the 6 mbps iTunes is available.

It has nothing to do with the security. (Heck, iTunes video has some kind of DRM attached.)

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