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#TIL By-passing DRM restrictions on screenshoting with Firefox

Firefox on Windows allows to take a screenshot of DRM-protected media.

Wojciech Wernicki

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Screenshot from Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix Pre-race Show

Firefox on Windows allows to take a screenshot of DRM-protected media. All you need to do is to have a window with DRM-protected media active and use keyboard shortcut [Alt]+[Print Screen]. Here's an example from DRM-protected livestream:

Screenshot from Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix Pre-race Show, on the left small picture-in-picture showing fans with caption below "F1 Live Sao Paulo", on the right bigger picture-in-picture with replay presenting the start of 2021 race with caption "Replay 2021".