&gt; If there was a safe way to deliver what they want (encrypted tamper-proof streaming) in an open-source package, they would likely consider it. But there isn&#x27;t, afaik.<p>The problem is fundamentally that &quot;encrypted tamper-proof streaming&quot; is not possible regardless of whether the implementation is open source. It would be trivial to write free software that respects copying restrictions. And then people would be able to bypass it using the same methods used when the copying restrictions are enforced by proprietary software, i.e. by writing different software that doesn&#x27;t respect the copy restrictions.<p>&gt; That ain&#x27;t gonna work, when there are billion of dollars and millions of jobs at risk.<p>There is no risk to money or jobs. There is literally more Netflix content on torrent sites than there is on Netflix. Netflix nonetheless makes substantial profits.<p>Eliminating DRM would <i>reduce piracy</i> by improving the experience of legitimate purchasers without having any effect on the experience of people who download from torrent sites.<p>&gt; Are &quot;we&quot; building it? No, we try to slut-shame &quot;them&quot; into giving up.<p>When you encounter someone who is demanding that everyone look for water using a divining rod, you don&#x27;t build them a divining rod. You teach them that it isn&#x27;t possible to find water that way.