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Originally Posted by Lemurion
The simple fact is that in the current climate a large part of the content industry is much more concerned with making sure that unauthorized consumers cannot access content than whether authorized ones can.
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I don't see how DRM can be all that useful for the video industry. It seems to me that DRM is only useful for protecting the original data stream. It can do nothing to keep a user from recording the analog output. All you need is a compatible video output on your legitimate blu-ray/hd-dvd player, and plug it into your video card. Heck, you can just use your good old VCR. When they find a way to completely integrate the television itself with the disc player, so that you can't pull this trick, there will always be the crude method of recording the tv screen with a handycam.