by martinvc » Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:59 am
Support_STA wrote:
> I don't see why not having a unique ID
> would stop you from developing a VOD app. The DRM implementation does not
> require such an ID.
Obviously you never developed a VOD app and you never had to deal with movie production companies and their licenses. The DRM implementation is not the big problem. But you have to identify the device to see if the device is allowed to play a rented movie (you are not allowed to rent on one device and continue to view it on another, e.g. in Germany), or if your account uses more than 5 devices for purchased movies. These are things you have to show the customer even before he starts to play the movie.
But an unique ID is not only important for VOD. Imagine network games!
I see a lot of reasons for having a unique ID. And every manufacturer I know has such an ID (LG, Samsung, Philips, Toshiba, etc). But I really would enjoy a standard way to get this ID. I hoped the alliance would build a standard for getting device data, playing (DRM) videos and so on