The 'pirate' version may be just a little part of the deal. GOM player uses p2p tech. to re-broadcast using your pc as a node, that's why they want you to use GOM Player that btw is not bad and has a lot in common with VLC . You can request a link once ! bare that in mind when trying or writing a script. I really think that for payed stream they can afford to use other technology for media delivery, but that's me. Also we would be able to write players/scripts for other platforms, i'm not so sure but i think you can not watch on Android and WinMo only on IP.