Sam Gleske on 14 Jun 2012 09:12:44 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Got netflix?

There's no technical issue stopping netflix from supporting Linux.  I can't remember where I read it (on of the moonlight developer blogs) but netflix won't issue DRM licenses to the Linux platform.  It's all about DRM.

SAM

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Joe Terranova <joeterranova@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> Netflix is available on a variety of platforms, such as Smart TVs and
> BluRay players, many of which use Linux as an OS. My Samsung TV, while
> not a SmartTV and so doesn't have NetFlix as a built in app,
> nevertheless runs Linux.
>

OK, so it runs on Linux as long as your Linux is completely locked down.
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