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On 11/05/2013 12:08 PM, McTim wrote:<br>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/05/perspectives_on_encrypted_medi.html">http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/05/perspectives_on_encrypted_medi.html</a></div>
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publishers use the Web differently, some choosing to make
content available free of charge, others preferring to
control access. Most people would agree that individuals and
institutions in general should have the right to limit
access to proprietary information, or charge for access to
content they own."</span></div>
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<div><span
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face="verdana, sans-serif">is the crucial bit here...is
the CSIGC against folks limiting access to stuff they own?</font></span></div>
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As noted by others in the comments section of the W3C's blog post,
it is already possible to compensate creators or owners of content
on the Web. The Web can host all kinds of content. It is possible to
pay for content online. Copyright holders already have access to
proprietory technologies that enable them to limit access or use of
content.<br>
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So the issue actually is whether the CSIGC is for enshrining into
the core language of the Web, i.e. HTML5, mecanisms for digital
rights management, at the behest of the MPAA and other big
corporations, when mecanisms already exist to do so otherwise. Is
the CSIGC for allowing these interests to use user agents, i.e.
browsers, to police access and uses of content and therefore, limit
control users have over their agents.<br>
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As the saying goes, code is law...<br>
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Catherine Roy
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.catherine-roy.net">http://www.catherine-roy.net</a></pre>
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