There is nothing easier than to snatch a movie while it is travelling over the Internet. There is nothing easier than to buy one legitimate subscription and rebroadcast the movie over the Internet. Until the digital content transport is not secured this dream cannot come true. Invincible Data Systems has a solution to this problem Invincible Solution Encrypted Windows Media stream at broadcast source For archives, IDS offers a batch encryptor, combined with the codec. The movies are encrypted in advance, at the same time as they are digitized and compressed.
Content is stored on the provider's servers in encrypted form.
This guaranties security against content being stolen by a hacker who may break into the server, or by an insider. Technicians maintaining the server deal with encrypted material, worthless if stolen. For live event, IDS offers a real time encryptor, combined with the real time codec. The show is encrypted as it goes, at the same time as it is digitized and compressed. Decrypted at the client side IDS offers a decryption add-on for standard Windows Media Player.