[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] Identify DRM protected asf file

Guillaume POIRIER poirierg at gmail.com
Sat Mar 3 10:36:51 CET 2007


Hi,

On 3/3/07, Compn <tempn at twmi.rr.com> wrote:
> The Wanderer <inverseparadox <at> comcast.net> writes:
>
> > I thought that the standard, accepted term was "encumbered"?
>
> "Microsoft has encumbered this file with DRM encryption, it will not
> play in MPlayer!"
>
> any other objections to the patch? ok to apply?

I don't like naming explicitly who to blame. Microsoft is merely the
provider of DRM solutions, which is used by record/movie companies to
protect the files which right they own.

I'd prefer a simple: "This file has been encumbered with DRM
encryption, it will not play in MPlayer!"

Guillaume



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