What is the future of video on the web?

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Originally Posted by DannyCox

Some webmasters still believe that people can't download and save Flash versions. I don't know why they believe that as there is all sorts of free tools to grab Flash, and convert it to anything you like. There are also tools that defeat most of the DRM gimmicks out there.

Yeah, pretty much any utility that grabs from youtube will also grab your flash member files. But most users are lazy and unsavvy. If they cant simply right click save as, they aren't gonna bother.

Doesn't stop it, but it slows it down. Same user who is savvy enough to rip your flash is likely also savvy enough to troll torrents and newsgroups for their porn fix instead of paying for it.

The result is that in theory you deny easy downloads and propogation which encorages sales and renewals so they can continue to get their spank on.