Security News > 2021 > October > Motion Picture Academy employs cutting-edge tech to keep Oscar contenders secure
In somewhat of an oddity, given the nature of its work, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has only recently started to move away from using DVDs and browser-based streaming platforms to share movies with its members around the globe.
It was only in 2019 that the Academy made its Academy Screening Room streaming app available via Apple TV and, more recently, on Roku, streaming devices.
DRM also limits the domains and content delivery networks from which content can be downloaded, allowing the Academy to keep tight control over distribution.
In 2020, the Academy upped its security game considerably by teaming up with video platform provider Brightcove, security firm NAGRA, CDN provider Akamai and DRM provider BuyDRM to develop a forensic watermarking technology to further control piracy across its screening platform.
"The Academy can now prevent its streaming platform users from participating in pirate activity, such as screen recording content, recording with other devices, and removing video clips from Brightcove's video player," Brightcove said.
If content creators and studios cannot trust that their work will only be viewed by members of the academy they will not use the platform, hampering the Academy's ability to do its job.