Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: scrambled video streams Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:27:46 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <4korj71qhp227p91g9k27dun329l4d4ubv@4ax.com> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: Z2l1DcCELS0rATq8NqV4Sw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:12127 On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:19:02 -0500, Jeff Higgins wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >> I have had a request to produce a custom Applet player for streaming >> video, where the stream is scrambled so the customer cannot capture >> the data to play again and again with a standard capture utility like >> NetTransport. > >Remove copy protection? The streams are owned by my customer. The idea is not only to stop the customer from making copies of the streams, but to allow him to play them only once. The streams currently have no scrambling or digital rights features. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com One of the most useful comments you can put in a program is "If you change this, remember to change ?XXX? too".