Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 10:08:39 +1000 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Firefox will adapt closed source DRM Message-ID: <20140515000839.GA43930@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcMyKL8xjzveigLeoupNPXau042Mh6kMRb3krLwDQ6XYZg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJ5UdcMyKL8xjzveigLeoupNPXau042Mh6kMRb3krLwDQ6XYZg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed 2014-05-14 14:44:48 UTC-0400, Antonio Olivares (olivares14031@gmail.com) wrote: > Firefox will adapt DRM stuff into it. Can it be turned off, i.e, when > compiling it? > or do we simply move on to another browser? > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/14/firefox-closed-source-drm-video-browser-cory-doctorow "Each person will be able to decide whether to activate the DRM implementation or to leave it off and not watch DRM-controlled content." "We plan on deploying it in the Firefox desktop browser for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems." https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/ ie. no FreeBSD support. There's a slim chance it'll work under FreeBSD's Linux emulation, I suppose. I imagine the DRM system will be broken (cracked) fairly quickly. http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ Regards Andrew
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