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"Yes, the problem: the only way the content owners will stream tonights game to my computer is if it is protected somehow."

No, the problem is that they think they reserve the right to control what your hardware displays.



My screen displays what I tell it to? If it is a FairPlay/PlayReady stream or not. I wasn't talking about hdcp or other hardware/end-to-end drm. I don't think systems like FairPlay are going away anywhere soon. Surely it must be possible to make an open standard similar to FairPlay? It can't be all security through obscurity?




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