DRM and the webA DRM implementation for browsers without the need

for plugins

Why?

50Percentage of web traffic used by Netflix

and YouTube at peak time

$1 BillionTotal value of digital downloads in 2013

5Users per Netflix account

2Netflix users streaming simultaneously

How?

DRMDigital rights management

PluginsAdobe Flash

Microsoft Silverlight

$1 BillionTotal value of digital downloads in 2013

PlayRead

yMicrosoft DRM implementation

EMEEncrypted Media Extensions

Multiple devicesNot cross platform

Needs executable code

JavaScript“The assembly language of the web”

- Scott Hanselman

HTML5Cryptography

Video

DRM‒ Identify user

‒ Encrypt data to user

Web standardsEnsures cross-platform support

Transparent“If a user knows there’s a DRM then we’ve failed”

- Peter Lee, Executive at Disney

No installsAll code in the browser

Native appearanceUses standard HTML5 elements

Questions