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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 class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>
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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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Sent from my iPad
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On May 30, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Tapani Tarvainen
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> On May 30 13:51, parminder (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>
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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 class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-makes-formal-objection-drm-html5">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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>>> stated intention – protecting media – while
dragging in legal
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>>> mandates that chill the speech of
technologists, lock down
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>>> technology, and violate property rights by
seizing control of
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>>> personal computers from their owners.
Accepting EME could lead to
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>>> other rightsholders demanding the same
privileges as Hollywood,
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>>> leading to a Web where images and pages cannot
be saved or
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>>> searched, ads cannot be blocked, and
innovative new browsers
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>>> cannot compete without explicit permission
from big content
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>>> companies.
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>>>
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>>> EFF filed this objection as its first act as a
full member of W3C.
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>>> EFF's goal is to broaden the discussion of the
consequences of
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>>> accepting DRM-based proposals like EME for the
future of the Web.
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>>>
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>>> "The W3C needs to develop a policy regarding
DRM and similar
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>>> proposals, or risk having its own work and the
future of the Web
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>>> become buried in the demands of businesses
that would rather it
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>>> never existed in the first place," said EFF
Senior Staff
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>>> Technologist Seth Schoen. "The EME proposal
needs to be seen for
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>>> what it is: a creation that will shut out open
source developers
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>>> and competition, throw away interoperability,
and lock in legacy
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>>> business models. This is the opposite of the
fair use model that
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>>> gave birth to the Web."
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>>>
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>>> For EFF's full Formal Objection:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg">https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg</a>
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>>>
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>>> For more on DRM in HTML5:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/eff-joins-w3c-fight-drm">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/eff-joins-w3c-fight-drm</a>
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>>>
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>>> Contacts:
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>>>
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>>> Danny O'Brien
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>>> International Outreach Coordinator
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>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
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>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:danny@eff.org">danny@eff.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:danny@eff.org"><mailto:danny@eff.org></a>
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>>>
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>>> Seth Schoen
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>>> Senior Staff Technologist
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>>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
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>>> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:seth@eff.org">seth@eff.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:seth@eff.org"><mailto:seth@eff.org></a>
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