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by dbbolton 4050 days ago
I think you are absolutely right. It's not content providers that are pushing for DRM, it's content producers. There's absolutely no way a rightsholder would let Netflix show their content if, god forbid, there was any remote possibility that a user could download and use their content outside of a controlled environment.

In some ways it parallels internet piracy. ISPs for the most part are sick of policing their users and sending out C&D letters for copyright infringement, but they more or less have to due to pressure from major studios.

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It's like these rights holders don't understand that anything that can be displayed on a screen can be reproduced. Fraps, etc
Then check to see if DRM is needed to see Netflix "original" content.
It would be asinine of them to use different players/plugins for different content.