HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix

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Jeremiah Cornelius points us to Davis Freeberg's blog, where he
discusses his "nightmare scenario" of losing access to his
DRM-protected purchases by upgrading his PC monitor. "When I called
them they confirmed my worst fears. In order to access the Watch Now
service, I had to give Microsoft's DRM sniffing program access to all
of the files on my hard drive. If the software found any non-Netflix
video files, it would revoke my rights to the content and invalidate
the DRM. This means that I would lose all the movies that I've
purchased from Amazon's Unbox, just to troubleshoot the issue. Because
my computer allows me to send an unrestricted HDTV feed to my monitor,
Hollywood has decided to revoke my ability to stream 480 resolution
video files from Netflix. In order to fix my problem, Netflix
recommended that I downgrade to a lower res VGA setup."

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