Google buying Widevine (DRM technology)
 

Google is buying Widevine, a Seattle vendor of digital-rights management software that's widely used by broadcasters to safely transmit video content online.

The move comes as Google is pledging to do a better job protecting copyrighted material and fending off a renewed lawsuit by Viacom over copyright violations.

By acquiring Widevine, Google will instantly become a dominant player in the market for protecting video content broadcast over the Web. The company is already the largest distributor of online video by far but it currently doesn't have its own streaming-video DRM technology other than a "content ID" fingerprinting system developed for YouTube.

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google dominates

I better start downloading those full unsolved mysteries episodes off of youtube before it is too late.

YouTube is really cleaning up their site these days. When using a non-US connection/proxy I frequently get messages saying the content is licensed and not accessible from the country I am connecting from. Even on user uploaded videos that have a copyrighted song as background music. Also, seeing a lot more removed videos.

Keep an eye on YouTube. If they continue to clean up, license up and make deals with large multinational media companies then we may see some changes to DMCA laws in the future. Big media companies want this and Google/YouTube would be push for it too behind the scenes to keep out future competition.

same in here....