+1<span></span><br><br>On Friday, 31 May 2013, Guru गुरु  wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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      On 05/31/2013 01:02 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:<br>
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      On 05/30/2013 06:12 AM, Angela Daly wrote:
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      <blockquote type="cite">I support EFF's objection.
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        On 30 May 2013 19:04, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro
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        <<a>salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>
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        <a><mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com></a>> wrote:
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            Dear Members,
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            I would like to know if there is consensus in supporting
        EFF's
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            objection through the crafting of the statement.
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            Kind Regards,
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            Sala
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            On May 30, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Tapani Tarvainen
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        <a><mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org></a>> wrote:
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             > On May 30 13:51, parminder (<a>parminder@itforchange.net</a>
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            <a><mailto:parminder@itforchange.net></a>) wrote:
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             >> I propose that the IGC supports and endorses this
        objection...
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            parminder
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             >> On Thursday 30 May 2013 06:07 AM, Catherine Roy
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             >>> FYI. (Source :
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        <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>)
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             >>>
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             >>> EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5
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             >>> Draft Proposal from W3C Could Stymie Web
        Innovation
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             >>>
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             >>> San Francisco - Today the Electronic Frontier
        Foundation (EFF)
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             >>> filed a formal objection to the inclusion of
        digital rights
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             >>> management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a
        draft proposal from the
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             >>> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie
        Web innovation and
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             >>> block access to content for people across the
        globe.
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             >>>
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             >>> The W3C's HTML working group is creating a
        technical standard for
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             >>> HTML5, an upcoming revision to the computer
        language that creates
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             >>> webpages and otherwise displays content
        online. The working group
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             >>> has accepted a draft that includes discussion
        of Encrypted Media
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             >>> Extensions (EME), which will hard-wire the
        requirements of DRM
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             >>> vendors into the HTML standard.
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             >>>
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             >>> "This proposal stands apart from all other
        aspects of HTML
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             >>> standardization: it defines a new 'black box'
        for the
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             >>> entertainment industry, fenced off from
        control by the browser and
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             >>> end-user," said EFF International Director
        Danny O'Brien. "While
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             >>> this plan might soothe Hollywood content
        providers who are scared
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             >>> of technological evolution, it could also
        create serious
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             >>> impediments to interoperability and access for
        all."
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             >>>
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             >>> DRM standards look like normal technical
        standards but turn out to
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             >>> have quite different qualities. They fail to
        implement their
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