PlayReady DRM leak triggers Microsoft takedown and Amazon account suspensions

25 esseph 5 8/6/2025, 3:59:11 AM torrentfreak.com ↗

Comments (5)

userbinator · 2h ago
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Too bad these certificates are a bit long to memorise, but no doubt Streisand Effect will have already happened.

Meanwhile the "true" pirates still win, with no accounts to suspend.

trallnag · 26m ago
Events like this show the advantages of a multi-polar world. For example, servers in Russia usually form a safe haven for material like this. Or at least a "safer" haven. The same is true the other way around. Content that is factually prohibited in Russia can be published in the EU. One good example for this is, TV Rain, a Russian media outlet I support and really like. They face prosecution in Russia and are now located in the Netherlands.
chii · 21m ago
> a multi-polar world.

what you want does not require a multipolar world. It requires that there be no regulatory capture, and representative democracy. It requires rule of law, but also not rule _by_ law (written with vested interests in mind). It requires civic citizens demanding it, and requires checks and balances.

DoctorOW · 1h ago
If these certificates were actively being used when they were leaked, are they sure that they only banned people circumventing DRM? How do they roll out new certs?
esseph · 1h ago
Some are hardware based, sooooo....

Found additional info here:

https://cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-playready-drm/