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The M4V file format is a video container format developed by Apple and is very similar to the MP4 format. The primary difference is that M4V files may optionally be protected by DRM copy protection. Apple uses M4V to encode video files in its iTunes Store. Unauthorized reproduction of M4V files may be prevented using Apple's FairPlay copy
HandBrake is a free and open-source transcoder for digital video files. It was originally developed in 2003 by Eric Petit to make ripping DVDs to a data storage device easier. [3]
The restrictions imposed by FairPlay, mainly limited device compatibility, have sparked criticism, with a lawsuit alleging antitrust violation that was eventually closed in Apple's favor, and various successful efforts to remove the DRM protection from files, with Apple continually updating its software to counteract such projects.
A lawsuit was later filed by Microsoft, on the basis that FairUse4WM contained proprietary computer code from Microsoft's Windows and/or was a derivative work of Microsoft's Windows Media Format SDK or other Microsoft DRM technologies. [4] According to an interview [5] published by the weblog Engadget, Viodentia does not live in the United ...
Before the release of DeCSS, free and open source operating systems (such as BSD and Linux) could not play encrypted video DVDs. DeCSS's development was done without a license from the DVD Copy Control Association (CCA), the organization responsible for DVD copy protection —namely, the Content Scramble System (CSS) used by commercial DVD ...
Protected Streaming [1] is a DRM technology by Adobe. The aim of the technology is to protect digital content (video or audio) from unauthorized use. Protected Streaming consists of many different techniques; basically there are two main components: encryption and SWF verification. This technique is used by the Hulu desktop player and the RTÉ ...
Advocacy poster 2006. Defective by Design (DBD) is a grassroots anti-digital rights management (DRM) initiative by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and CivicActions.Launched in 2006, DBD believes that DRM (which they call "digital restrictions management") makes technology deliberately defective, negatively affects digital freedoms, and is "a threat to innovation in media, the privacy of ...
DRM became a major concern with the growth of the Internet in the 1990s, as piracy crushed CD sales and online video became popular. It peaked in the early 2000s as various countries attempted to respond with legislation and regulations and dissipated in the 2010s as social media and streaming services largely replaced piracy and content providers elaborated next-generation business models.