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		givinguflac on Oct 7, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Berners-Lee just gave us an opening to stop DR... I wouldn't ever buy content I will own with DRM, but if you think you'll ever see streaming without DRM you're crazy. Personally I've done my fair share of pirating for various reasons, and I think streaming services are the ONLY reasonable use case for DRM. You aren't actually purchasing content.

contingencies on Oct 7, 2016 [–]

Streaming without DRM comes pre-installed on TVs here in China, and there are many torrent-based solutions as well.

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