Contra - Work the Way You WantAmazon Video FairPlay DRM by Rik Brown

Amazon Video FairPlay DRM

Rik Brown

Rik Brown

Backend Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Amazon EC2

Amazon EC2

Java

Java

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Posted May 17, 2023

Built Amazon's FairPlay/HLS implementation, translating Apple's C reference code into maintainable Java within Amazon's ecosystem.

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Backend Engineer

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Java

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Rik Brown

Rik Brown

10+ Yrs Big Tech Exp. Fullstack Eng.

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Owned the web services which managed video rights and policies, including PlayReady, FairPlay and Widevine DRM; geographical restrictions; concurrency restrictions and others. Redesigned Amazon's DRM platform to support future devices and content protection schemes. In particular, built Amazon's FairPlay/HLS implementation, translating Apple's C reference code into maintainable Java within Amazon's ecosystem.