<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body>I vote yes to endorsing the statement<br/><br/>PS<br/>My apologies for d mobile device devil's ink mail sent from my account yesterday<div>Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Etisalat. Enjoy high speed mobile broadband on any of our Easyblaze plans. Visit www.etisalat.com.ng for details.</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Aida Noblia <aidanoblia@gmail.com>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Thu, 30 May 2013 08:12:27 -0300</div><div><b>To: </b><governance@lists.igcaucus.org>; Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro<salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org,Aida Noblia <aidanoblia@gmail.com>
</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [governance] [Should the IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?]
#DRM in HTML5</div><div><br/></div><div dir="ltr">Estimados: <div><br></div><div>Dados los fundamentos que se expresan estoy de acuerdo y me parece razonable la objeción.</div><div><br></div><div style>Saludlos</div><div style>Aída Noblia</div><div style>Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/5/30 Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Members,<br>
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I would like to know if there is consensus in supporting EFF's objection through the crafting of the statement.<br>
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Kind Regards,<br>
<br>
Sala<br>
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On May 30, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <<a href="mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org">tapani.tarvainen@effi.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> +1<br>
><br>
> On May 30 13:51, parminder (<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>) wrote:<br>
><br>
>><br>
>> I propose that the IGC supports and endorses this objection... parminder<br>
>><br>
>> On Thursday 30 May 2013 06:07 AM, Catherine Roy wrote:<br>
>>> FYI. (Source : <a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-makes-formal-objection-drm-html5" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-makes-formal-objection-drm-html5</a>)<br>
>>><br>
>>> EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5<br>
>>> Draft Proposal from W3C Could Stymie Web Innovation<br>
>>><br>
>>> San Francisco - Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)<br>
>>> filed a formal objection to the inclusion of digital rights<br>
>>> management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a draft proposal from the<br>
>>> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie Web innovation and<br>
>>> block access to content for people across the globe.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The W3C's HTML working group is creating a technical standard for<br>
>>> HTML5, an upcoming revision to the computer language that creates<br>
>>> webpages and otherwise displays content online. The working group<br>
>>> has accepted a draft that includes discussion of Encrypted Media<br>
>>> Extensions (EME), which will hard-wire the requirements of DRM<br>
>>> vendors into the HTML standard.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "This proposal stands apart from all other aspects of HTML<br>
>>> standardization: it defines a new 'black box' for the<br>
>>> entertainment industry, fenced off from control by the browser and<br>
>>> end-user," said EFF International Director Danny O'Brien. "While<br>
>>> this plan might soothe Hollywood content providers who are scared<br>
>>> of technological evolution, it could also create serious<br>
>>> impediments to interoperability and access for all."<br>
>>><br>
>>> DRM standards look like normal technical standards but turn out to<br>
>>> have quite different qualities. They fail to implement their<br>
>>> stated intention – protecting media – while dragging in legal<br>
>>> mandates that chill the speech of technologists, lock down<br>
>>> technology, and violate property rights by seizing control of<br>
>>> personal computers from their owners. Accepting EME could lead to<br>
>>> other rightsholders demanding the same privileges as Hollywood,<br>
>>> leading to a Web where images and pages cannot be saved or<br>
>>> searched, ads cannot be blocked, and innovative new browsers<br>
>>> cannot compete without explicit permission from big content<br>
>>> companies.<br>
>>><br>
>>> EFF filed this objection as its first act as a full member of W3C.<br>
>>> EFF's goal is to broaden the discussion of the consequences of<br>
>>> accepting DRM-based proposals like EME for the future of the Web.<br>
>>><br>
>>> "The W3C needs to develop a policy regarding DRM and similar<br>
>>> proposals, or risk having its own work and the future of the Web<br>
>>> become buried in the demands of businesses that would rather it<br>
>>> never existed in the first place," said EFF Senior Staff<br>
>>> Technologist Seth Schoen. "The EME proposal needs to be seen for<br>
>>> what it is: a creation that will shut out open source developers<br>
>>> and competition, throw away interoperability, and lock in legacy<br>
>>> business models. This is the opposite of the fair use model that<br>
>>> gave birth to the Web."<br>
>>><br>
>>> For EFF's full Formal Objection:<br>
>>> <a href="https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> For more on DRM in HTML5:<br>
>>> <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/eff-joins-w3c-fight-drm" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/eff-joins-w3c-fight-drm</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Contacts:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Danny O'Brien<br>
>>> International Outreach Coordinator<br>
>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:danny@eff.org">danny@eff.org</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Seth Schoen<br>
>>> Senior Staff Technologist<br>
>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:seth@eff.org">seth@eff.org</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
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