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Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks
my thoughts.
1. I hate leasing, I would rather own if I like the technology.
2. What type of protections are on the streaming that they don't have the ability to capture the stream locally?
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The steam is totally proprietary. It can, so far, only be received, decoded and played back by it's specific player. Although in use now, it's not seeing the heavy, heavy porn surfer numbers so that's not to say that someone won't eventually break it (probably will) when the demand is high enough. From what I understand of it from the guy that made it, who's probably the best engineer/programmer I've ever met, it's simple to change the encryption on the fly and thus force hackers to start over almost as soon as they've beaten it.
I expect an outright purchase option could be made available, but may well be pricey.