Webcastia offers DRM (Digital Rights Management) that has encryption and
allows you to configure how the viewing license is issued. For example, you
could issue viewing licenses that allows viewing on a single computer, for
a period of 30 days, with a maximum viewing of 25 times within the 30 day
period. We use the Microsoft DRM protocol, which is the best and most
proven DRM product on the market.
Cost of These Services
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Viewing licenses are valid for a maximum of one year.
MAC Access for Live Events: We use the Microsoft Digital Right Management technology (the
industry standard) for protecting your content against illegal distribution.
At this time, Microsoft and Apple have not provided an interface with the latest
version of the DRM, so MAC access is not available.
The best solution is providing cross-platform distribution of protected content, is
to offer Microsoft DRM content to Windows users (92% of USA PC users) and a flash protection
solution (not DRM and it can be illegally distributed) for MAC users (8% of USA PC users). This would
require two encoding sessions from the live event (Microsoft and Flash).
On-Demand DRM/Encryption
We encode your content using the Microsoft DRM technology and stream
the content using the Microsoft Silverlight service & player, allowing
for cross-platform (ie pc and mac) distribution.
Cost of These Services
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DRM Technology Update
Version: 10/2009
Webcastia owns a DRM license through the Microsoft Corporation. We
develop our own DRM system, using this technology, with our own DRM
servers.
Currently, the only proven DRM application for live events is using the
Microsoft DRM system. The Mircosoft Silverlight DRM system has not
established a live component yet, and Adobe (flash) will not have a live
component until sometime next year. We do not reccommend using a third-party
DRM solution for flash, why? we should all leave the encryption technology to
the actual software developers of the streaming providers (ie Microsoft and
Adobe).
Until Silverlight and Adobe release a proven live DRM component, we use
the Microsoft DRM encoding solution that can be streamed through the Silverlight
DRM system, allowing for cross-platform distribution.
It's important to understand, that PPV gateways are not DRM gateways. PPV
and DRM are not the same products. The most important component of a DRM
service is encryption, the most important component of PPV is issuing tickets or
passes, collecting money and authenticating such tickets at event time along
with ticket use security.
