DRM is a separate unrelated thing to copyright. In some countries it's illegal to remove it even if the work is PD or CC. In other countries it's acceptable to remove DRM on copyright work as long as you don't make a copy available to anyone.
Copyright doesn't give a publisher or author the right to claim additional rights or a specifically limited licence if that is either incompatible with local law or copyright.
Nor is copyright defined the same everywhere.
Regular Pay TV or PPV contracts are for a domestic situation. A public showing in a school hall or a pub needs a more expensive contract, can be x10 more.
Stored Video content:
1) Retail Sale
OR
2) Rental. A copy for rental costs far more.
Stored Video content viewing:
Item 1 or 2 above is ONLY for private viewing. Categories needing a different licence and payment are:
a) Piped in a hotel
b) Public in any sort of venue.
c) Theater
d) Streaming
e) Broadcast.
You can't even re-broadcast a Free to Air Channel without permission.
See also
Performance of copyright music in Public.
Performance of a copyright Play in public.
Reading part of a book in public is likely "fair use" in most countries. Making an audio book, reading it in public in episodes each week, or broadcast would need a licence.
Probably my primary school teacher broke copyright by reading the entirety of her copy of Prince Caspian to us in episodes one summer term. It would probably be fair use if we'd each bought our own copy. But some countries have no official "fair use".
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