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Is an active protocol required to move media (content) files, or is it enough to simply transfer the media files, e.g., over a Marlin-agnostic memory card/USB stick between devices?

April 26, 2017active content files media Protocol transfer

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Is an active protocol required to move media (content) files, or is it enough to simply transfer the media files, e.g., over a Marlin-agnostic memory card/USB stick between devices?

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No active protocol is necessary for content bound to a user. If the content is device-bound, as is the case for Broadcast content that signaled Copy One Generation during delivery, then the License Transfer protocol is required. (Copy One Generation is a broadcast Copy Control Information attribute indicating that the content can only be played on a single device.