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rbecker on Nov 14, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: A Modest Proposal in the New Age of DMCA Takedown ...

Google is using Widevine to control the browser market. Can't make a competitive browser without their permission. That is the purpose of DRM, and it works.

woofie11 on Nov 14, 2020 [–]

I suspect this is why Google lawyers were so lackadaisical in the Oracle Java case.

Tactical loss. Strategic victory.

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