[slim] How would Slim do DRM?

[mkozlows]

Over in the Pandora thread, one of the Slim Devicers says:

andyg Wrote: 
 It's a SqueezeNetwork-only feature because the interface to Pandora is
 proprietary.  SN allows us to write closed-source plugins that can take
 advantage of things that wouldn't be possible in the open source server.

Which gets me wondering:  If the Squeezebox ever does get the ability
to support DRM, how would it happen?  It can't be through
SqueezeNetwork, obviously, because the DRMed stuff isn't there; and
just as obviously, it can't be through the open source part of
SlimServer.

So would Slim put out closed-source plugins for the DRM-streaming part
of SlimServer?  Put out an entirely closed-source version of Squeezebox
just for DRM purposes (I assume Slim owns all the copyrights on
SlimServer, so can release non-open-source versions if they ever feel
like it)?  Enable the Squeezebox to operate with non-SlimServer servers
like WMC?


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Re: [slim] How would Slim do DRM?

[Josef Shvejk]

Here is my guess:

1) DRM support in SB firmware ( more likely than #2 )

2) SlimServer calls DRM API ( like Quicktime API). Requires proprietary piece of software to be setup on the pc.
On 2/9/06, mkozlows [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

If the Squeezebox ever does get the abilityto support DRM, how would it happen?
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Re: [slim] How would Slim do DRM?

[kdf]

On 9-Feb-06, at 6:58 PM, mkozlows wrote:


Which gets me wondering:  If the Squeezebox ever does get the ability
to support DRM, how would it happen?


I'll stick with what it says in the roadmap:  whatever it takes
In this latest case, its a SqueezeNetwork plugin.  I expect other cases 
may be similar, others different.

-k

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