[vlc] Re: copy protection

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

 Hello,

Le Mercredi 3 Novembre 2004 14:45, James Burns a écrit :
> I'd like to disagree with this response in principle. Surely it would
> be possible to write a DRM module which would be able to limit what
> other features would be available in VLC. The availability of such
> technology would be good for VLC and for open source. If the DRM is a
> good and secure algorithm then its release in open source would be a
> good thing rather than a bad one. Open source is not equivalent with
> not having DRM.

It is surely possible to implement access control in the VLC, e.g. with 
HTTP/SSL streaming output and access modules and client certificates.

However, as far as I know, if DRM is meant to prevent the receiver from 
recording or re-streaming, open-source won't work, as anyone skilled 
enough would be free to recompile a VLC with unlimited recording and 
streaming output capabilities (what the VLC can read, it can stream)... 
unless of course there is an hardware-based limitation.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.simphalempin.com/home/
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/vlc/attachments/20041105/e5516e5d/attachment.sig>