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jeffbee
on April 21, 2025
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How encryption for Cinema Movies works
It's remarkable that they do all this in the context of box office revenues cratering. In 2024 American theaters has less gross ticket sales than they did in 1982, in constant dollars. The whole thing of movie theaters is just over.
tverbeure
on April 21, 2025
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Why does that context matter? It's not as if the use of DRM for movie theater distribution influences whether or not somebody goes to see a movie.
jeffbee
on April 21, 2025
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No, the other direction. Clearly the problem is that nobody wants their product, not that everyone wants to steal it.
tverbeure
on April 22, 2025
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Without DRM, even less people would visit a movie theater.
KaiserPro
on April 21, 2025
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Encrypted DCPs have been around since when DVDs were still a revenue generator.
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