[governance] Digital restrictions management in HTML standards

[Norbert Bollow]

What are the views about the idea of in addition issuing a brief
IGC statement in support of this petition or with a message similar to
it?

Greetings,
Norbert


Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> Many people here may wish to sign this petition.
> 
> 
> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
> 
> 
> We call on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and its member
> organizations to reject the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal
> (EME), which would incorporate support for Digital Restrictions
> Management (DRM) into HTML.
> 
> EME would be an irreversible step backward for freedom on the Web. It
> would endorse and enable business models that unethically restrict
> users, and it would make subjugation to particular media companies a
> precondition for full Web citizenship. Just as Flash and Silverlight
> are finally dying off, we should not replace them with the media
> giants' latest control fantasy.
> 
> Furthermore, EME contradicts the W3C's core values. It would hamper
> interoperability by encouraging the proliferation of DRM plugins. It
> would fly in the face of the W3C's principle of keeping the Web
> royalty-free — this is simply a back door for media companies to
> require proprietary player software. It is willful ignorance to
> pretend otherwise just because the proposal does not mention
> particular technologies or DRM schemes by name.
> 
> W3C and member organizations: don't weave DRM into the fabric of the
> Web.

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