Fairplay DRM is the trusted studio-approved DRM for secure playback in the Apple IOS app, IOS Safari, Mac Safari. In this post, we present a complete guide for implementing Apple FairPlay DRM. FairPlay DRM protects videos from download and also stops screen capture of videos. The first half of the article explains the technology behind Fairplay DRM and second half will talk about implementation. For implementation, the content owner/distributor has to obtain the required license from Apple to use this. If using VdoCipher, you don't need to handle either the media packaging or the KSM. You only need to obtain the…
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The Right DRM Solution For Your Business
With the rapid growth of online video platforms, piracy has become one of the biggest challenges for content owners. Whether you run an OTT platform, an online course website, or a paid webinar business, protecting your content is no longer optional. This is where DRM solutions play a crucial role. In the past few years, there has been an exponential increase in video consumption. According to Statista, in 2019 alone, the number of digital video viewers was 2.6 billion, which is reported to increase to 3.1 billion in 2023. With the increase in the number of viewers, the number of…
Prevent Video Piracy in 10 Steps in 2026
If you are a business owner that deals in video content, Chances are that your videos are being pirated and you might be facing a substantial loss of revenue. The movie industry alone incurs a loss of around 40 and $97.1 billion due to digital video piracy. That’s a substantial amount, isn’t it? Video piracy remains a serious threat in 2026, siphoning off revenue and undermining the hard work of content creators. Industry reports estimate that digital video piracy drains over $50-70 billion from the global economy each year and it consumes nearly 24% of worldwide internet bandwidth. For video…
How To Prevent Video Download From Your Website?
"How to Prevent video download?" This has been a major concern for any video platform looking to generate revenue for them. Let’s take a scenario which we recently faced with a customer. Andrew, a product head in a major eLearning video platform based in the USA reached out to us. Their platform allows individual teachers to create courses on their platform. These are pre recorded videos and contain the complete syllabus for the year. Their courses were really popular among students. But they saw a steep decline in the number of sign ups and views of their popular courses. After…
Online Video Watermarking: Encoding & Overlay
Online Video Watermarking has been an essential part of controlling video piracy to a considerable extent. Video piracy is the act of acquiring or copying someone else's content. And then selling or distributing a copyrighted video without the consent of the copyright owner. Over the past few years, it has become a major concern for e-learning content producers, broadcasters and movie producers. However, with the availability of high-speed internet and a pool of Internet streaming sites, a pirated copy is readily accessible to a global audience for viewing online and downloading within just days of its release to theatres. Here…
15 Best WordPress Video Player Plugins of 2026
Videos are one of the most popular formats of multimedia. It is very powerful and can be used for multiple purposes. Video-sharing platforms like YouTube can be used to create, share, and view hundreds of thousands of videos. Similarly, OTT platforms like Netflix can be used to host subscription based entertainment content. Video marketing is one of the most effective marketing techniques by which businesses can boost their presence. If you have a WordPress built website for your businesses, it would be highly recommended by businesses marketers and analysts, that videos could really impact your product or service. You might…