drm

Same intro as my last question: I am re-writing and/or consolidating a bunch of my "app framework" classes (basic mainform, about box, locking routines & purchase linking, auto-update, datamodule initializer, etc) -- Basically, I have a number of small potential shareware apps that I'm wanting to get out the door, and want to re-use code where I can, as well as build a framework for later apps to save time. But different question: : ) What is the best shareware lock component for Delphi Win 32 apps? (I don't mind paying for commercial if that's best). Clarifying -- yes, best license key

What opportunities are there for regular app developers (with that I mean, you're not a million dollar content producing company or distribution channel provider, but a regular, small app development company) to secure video/audio content for the app from being saved/distributed. I mention the 'regular developer', because I had seen in the Android core code that Sony had added some code portions into it, in the DRM packages. Let's assume we're not that powerful to talk to Google to include such in their core code. Are there any real secure ways to protect video/audio (as part of an app) on

Is there some open-sourced, well-documented and used DRM framework/library? I want to write some framework for buying and selling digital stuff, where I want to implement, somehow, for the seller to have the possibility to lock the files with some sort of DRM, where only authorised computers would be able to open it (something like iTunes FairPlay). It can, and probably has to, involve contacting my server with some login credentials. On the other hand, I want the client to be open-sourced, and probably the server too .. is that even possible? Security through obscurity does not work, but DRM

I'm a beginner java programmer. I'm working on an application that decrypts some data. The decryption key is hardcoded into the software and thus can be seen by analyzing the bytecode. I know that reverse engineering cannot be prevented entirely so what I'm trying to do is to make the process as hard as possible. My idea is not to directly put the key into my code but have it go through some kind of transformation. For example, I could write - private static final byte[] HC256A = Hex .decode("8589075b0df3f6d82fc0c5425179b6a6" + "3465f053f2891f808b24744e18480b72" +

Since Flash is losing ground I would like to know if there are ways to protect html5 videos with DRM (H264, .ogg and WebM). On the W3C FAQ on HTML5 it states: Is there support for digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5 video? HTML5 doesn't provide direct support, nor any barrier, to using DRM in video. It currently expects this to be handled by the particular codec/implementation. There are implementations which allow for DRM in HTML5 video. Is dealing with DRM in scope for HTML5? If enough stakeholders want to standardise some aspect of handling DRM in HTML5 itself as part of the inclusion

Is it possible to protect flv files from download? I'd like to protect my files from download but I don't have the money for a streaming server which I think provides some sort of protection. The files are streamed via PHP and are located in an upload folder on my server. I've used PHP to ensure that only subscribers can view the video but I basically want to go a step further and prevent subscribers from, upon login, downloading my videos with downloaders such as Sothink Flv Downloader for Firefox. I fully agree with the DRM consensus of other answers. But would like to add... There are a

I would like to know if an MPMediaItem that represents a music track is for a Fairplay/DRM-protected item. Any way to do this? Here's how I do it: MPMediaItem* item; NSURL* assetURL = [item valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL]; NSString *title=[item valueForProperty:MPMediaItemPropertyTitle]; if (!assetURL) { /* * !!!: When MPMediaItemPropertyAssetURL is nil, it typically means the file * in question is protected by DRM. (old m4p files) */ NSLog(@"%@ has DRM",title); } Since iOS 4.2 there is a way. There may be a more effective way then the example here (but for my app I needed to