Protecting videos — DRM, geoblocking, and submissions

Cinema gives you per-video control over who can watch and from where.

DRM tiers:
On the video cockpit you can set a DRM level — none, signed-URL (every playback gets a short-lived signed link), or AES-128 encryption. Changing the DRM tier is a permissioned action ("Configure DRM / geoblock"). The viewer never sees a raw, shareable file URL on a protected video.

Geoblocking:
Give a video a country allow-list or block-list. Viewers outside the allowed region can't start playback. Useful for festival licensing windows or rights-restricted content.

Channel visibility:
A channel is public or private. On a private channel, even a live video requires a signed-in viewer; captions follow the same gate. Public channels with live videos are open to anyone with the link.

Public submission portals:
A channel can accept public video submissions. Submissions land in a review queue — approving or rejecting them is permissioned ("Review public submissions"). Nothing a stranger uploads goes live without a reviewer.

Comments:
Comments are off by default per channel. When on, moderators can hide, flag, or pin them.