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Mac Forum / Applications / Media Player / November 2004DRM
Why no DRM for Mac? > Why no DRM for Mac? I agree, why no DRM for Mac OS 10? > > Why no DRM for Mac? > > > I agree, why no DRM for Mac OS 10? According to the "Windows Media Player for Mac OS X FAQ," section 1.3 ( http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/Macintosh/osx/faq. aspx ), WMP for Mac OS X does support DRM. However, it only supports "version 1" of the DRM. That FAQ section concludes with, "We have informed our content partners about this issue so that they can decide whether to offer version 1 licenses to their customers who use Macintosh computers." Since Microsoft has a DRM system in place, perhaps the questions regarding DRM issues on Macs needs to be directed at the content providers instead of Microsoft? Just a thought... Steve > > > Why no DRM for Mac? > > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Steve In my limited experience with DRM, WMP v. 9 for Mac OS X will play some DRM encoded/protected video files, those that are appareintly using DRM "v.1," according to the FAQ quoted above. But this works via an inconvenient procedure requiring Internet Explorer be set as the default browser. However, the DRM encoding being used more and more widely includes a protection scheme which sets a fixed time period after which the file is not useable (a sort of virtual "renting" process). And this version/feature is not supported for the Mac according to what I've been told by several content providers. Why can't Microsoft support all versions/features of DRM on the Mac with a minimum of inconvenience? This would seem the more pertinent question... I have talked to two different content providers, one who is definitely pro Mac, and they both insist there is nothing they can do and place the blame squarely on MS. Tom > > > > Why no DRM for Mac? > > > > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Why can't Microsoft support all versions/features of DRM on the Mac with a > minimum of inconvenience? This would seem the more pertinent question... > I have talked to two different content providers, one who is > definitely pro Mac, and they both insist there is nothing they can do > and place the blame squarely on MS. There is no doubt about it. The providers cannot bring DRM support on the Mac themselves. THe most they could do is not use DRM7 (and that's not going to happen). It's up to MS to decide to port the technoilogy to MacOS X (or not...). The same issue affects Office as well. We cannot open encrypted files from Office 2003 since they also use DRM 7. What I've heard in the past was that the DRM scheme is built in deep in Windows and would represent a lot of work to port to MacOS X. I couldn't say myself...:-( Corentin  Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire > > Why no DRM for Mac? > > > I agree, why no DRM for Mac OS 10? There is support for DRM 1.3 in WMP9, but not 7. I guess they considered it would be to much work to port it :-( Corentin Signature--- Mac:MS MVP (Francophone) --- http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire |
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