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.

➡️ Stable 0.6x Security
3,946
Comments
20
Years Active
5
Top Authors
#6801
Topic ID

Activity Over Time

2007
2
2008
39
2009
50
2010
126
2011
106
2012
164
2013
255
2014
211
2015
158
2016
235
2017
252
2018
172
2019
207
2020
277
2021
322
2022
334
2023
374
2024
265
2025
387
2026
10

Keywords

e.g IMHO AACS BR DVD youtube.com index.php HCDP ROM hackerfactor.com drm devices 4k source protection hdmi netflix keys open encrypted

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"