WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:07.919 From almost the moment digital media became a thing, we've seen efforts to 00:00:05.279 --> 00:00:12.800 make sure that movies, video games, and tacky music videos with people in 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:15.759 parachute pants aren't passed around 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:21.680 illegally. From ominous looking piracy warnings on films to songs telling us 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:24.400 not to copy that floppy. It's no secret 00:00:21.680 --> 00:00:30.080 that the companies who produce content see the folks who consume it passing 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:32.559 around their stuff as a serious problem. 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:38.079 And not too long ago, well, they stopped asking us nicely, well, somewhat nicely, 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:43.680 and decided to take matters into their own hands by limiting what users could 00:00:40.879 --> 00:00:50.000 and could not do with their copies of Madmen by implementing a technology 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:51.920 called digital rights management or DRM. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.960 But how does it work and why does it bother people so much? Now, most early 00:00:54.079 --> 00:01:01.359 DRM existed in the form of encryption and decryption keys. So, your DVD would 00:00:59.680 --> 00:01:05.040 have all the content on it, but it would be scrambled and then your DVD player 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:08.640 would have a key that allows it to descramble it. But the problem with 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:14.000 having all these keys out there is eventually someone's going to figure out 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:19.119 how to hijack the key and use it in a way that it wasn't intended. So, we've 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:23.920 got a lot more stuff available in the DRM arsenal today. One very common type 00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:28.320 that you should be familiar with if you buy music on iTunes or games using a 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:33.360 service like Steam is online authentication. Many games and programs 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:39.439 control the way that they're used by binding purchases to a specific account, 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:44.400 then requiring the program to check with a remote server that the device or 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:48.960 account in use is authenticated before letting the media be played back or in 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:52.240 some cases even installed. So even if you've got all the files, you're more 00:01:50.399 --> 00:01:57.040 out of luck than Sonic the Hedgehog at the bottom of a lake thanks to well also 00:01:55.040 --> 00:02:02.159 much more advanced encryption schemes that exist today. Some particularly 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:07.600 obnoxious online protection schemes require constant phoning home during 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:12.239 use, which offers greater copy protection, but also means that you 00:02:09.440 --> 00:02:15.920 can't play at all if something happens to your connection, something only 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:20.720 legitimate users will have to contend with since pirates will have figured out 00:02:18.239 --> 00:02:24.800 a way to disable the feature. But what if you're watching movies or listening 00:02:22.239 --> 00:02:29.760 to music? Many streaming services such as Spotify and Netflix use some form of 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:33.840 DRM to prevent people from downloading things to their hard drive to use 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:38.560 without a subscription. And although some people have found workarounds, many 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:42.800 of them don't offer the same level of quality as you'd have with a legit copy. 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:49.440 And then of course there's physical media. physical media like Blu-rays and 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:51.760 DVDs is still mostly stuck in the uh 00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:56.640 encryption and decryption key paradigm since they're intended to be played back 00:02:53.519 --> 00:02:58.480 on players that might not actually have 00:02:56.640 --> 00:03:02.720 an internet connection. But there are other schemes like region locking that's 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:07.280 been around for many years that prevent discs from being played in other parts 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:11.519 of the world. So, at least if piracy is rampant here, these guys over here won't 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:16.519 be able to play back that content, unless of course it's ripped in a more 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:18.959 sophisticated manner. Of course, people 00:03:16.519 --> 00:03:22.959 usually don't like it when they're told what they are or are not allowed to do 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:29.599 with stuff that they bought. And this has set off a furious debate as to just 00:03:26.239 --> 00:03:32.159 how much DRM is appropriate and even the 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:36.959 ongoing arms race between coders trying to defeat DRM locks and music movie and 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:42.159 game studios trying to develop more hacks proof versions of copy protection. 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:48.239 And this was partially responsible for a famous law in the United States called 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:52.959 the DMCA, which made it illegal to break 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:54.720 any sort of DRM, a huge FU to users who 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:59.599 feel like they should be able to do what they want with the things they've paid 00:03:56.799 --> 00:04:03.840 for, especially when it's not for infringing purposes, like creating 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:08.480 digital backups in the event of a fire or to be played back on alternate 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:12.239 devices like their phones if they only own a DVD, which obviously ly isn't 00:04:10.239 --> 00:04:16.560 going to fit in a phone or accessing titles without an internet connection. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:20.239 And then of course they're butting heads with the content distributors who say 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:24.800 that making things available without DRM will lead to rampant piracy in an era 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:30.000 where people can torrent an entire season of My Little Pony in just a few 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:32.080 minutes. So who's right here? Well, as 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:36.800 more and more of what we enjoy goes digital, there's no doubt that both new 00:04:34.320 --> 00:04:40.560 technologies and new policies that try to strike the right balance will 00:04:38.080 --> 00:04:44.960 continue to be tested. And I hope a happy medium can be found. But if not, 00:04:42.960 --> 00:04:50.479 don't worry. I don't plan on encrypting techquicki anytime 00:04:47.320 --> 00:04:53.520 soon. Speaking of a happy medium, 00:04:50.479 --> 00:04:55.759 linda.com is the medium online where 00:04:53.520 --> 00:05:00.800 with a membership, there's a form of DRM right there, buddies. access to the page 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:04.800 DRM. You can watch and learn from top experts who are passionate about 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:09.360 teaching. They've got thousands of video courses that you can stream on demand to 00:05:06.880 --> 00:05:12.720 learn on your own schedule and at your own pace. 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