> If pirates couldn't access the underlying Netflix etc. bitstream like they've figured out, they'd absolutely be reading the desktop video buffer,

This cracks me up. This is like saying “If our enemy didn’t have missiles, as we are well aware they do, well, they definitely would be buying forks at Walmart and using them to poke us, or at least wave them menacingly. We must therefore place heavy restrictions on the sale of cutlery.”