DRM Effectiveness

This cluster focuses on debates about Digital Rights Management (DRM) security, its ease of circumvention, compatibility with open-source software, and role in media protection schemes like streaming and hardware.

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Sample Comments

murbard2 • Feb 7, 2015 • View on HN

Security is what matters here, the DRM can be circumvented anyway.

rmc • Nov 29, 2011 • View on HN

Is there a DRM scheme that's not easy to get rid of?

cpeterso • Jul 17, 2012 • View on HN

DRM'd media is encrypted and cannot be "neutered" if you don't have the decryption key. [Well-designed] DRM relies on secret keys, not secret source code.

jiggy2011 • May 15, 2014 • View on HN

DRM doesn't inherently prevent you from doing either of those things.

bombela • Mar 14, 2025 • View on HN

But this breaks DRMs if that's something you need.

aym62SAE49CZ684 • Jun 13, 2024 • View on HN

DRM isn't effective if the source is available.

shmerl • Feb 27, 2013 • View on HN

DRM is not necessary at all. Try proving otherwise.

josephcsible • Feb 24, 2022 • View on HN

Is there any DRM that this makes it easier to break?

ilogik • Apr 28, 2020 • View on HN

what does this have to do with DRM?

cchance • Feb 6, 2024 • View on HN

Nope this is DRM "protection"