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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avri@ella.com
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance] [Should the IGC support Formal Objection
by EFF?] #DRM in HTML5</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>David Cake <dave@difference.com.au> wrote:
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class=gmail_quote><PRE style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; WORD-WRAP: break-word; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap">I support EFFs position. <BR><BR>On 30/05/2013, at 5:04 PM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com> wrote:<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #729fcf 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Dear Members,<BR><BR>I would like to know if there is consensus in supporting EFF's objection through the crafting of the statement. <BR><BR>Kind Regards,<BR><BR>Sala<BR><BR>Sent from my iPad<BR><BR>On May 30, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <tapani.tarvainen@effi.org> wrote:<BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ad7fa8 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>+1<BR><BR>On May 30 13:51, parminder (parminder@itforchange.net) wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #8ae234 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>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><BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #fcaf3e 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>FYI. (Source : <A 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>)<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">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">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>danny@eff.org<BR><BR>Seth Schoen<BR>Senior Staff Technologist<BR>Electronic Frontier Foundation<BR>seth@eff.org</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR><BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>governance@lists.igcaucus.org<BR>To be removed from the list, visit:<BR><A href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</A><BR><BR>For all other list information and functions, see:<BR><A href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</A><BR>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<BR><A href="http://www.igcaucus.org">http://www.igcaucus.org</A>/<BR><BR>Translate this email: <A href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>-- <BR>Tapani Tarvainen<BR><BR><HR><BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>governance@lists.igcaucus.org<BR>To be removed from the list, visit:<BR><A href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</A><BR><BR>For all other list information and functions, see:<BR><A href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</A><BR>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<BR><A href="http://www.igcaucus.org">http://www.igcaucus.org</A>/<BR><BR>Translate this email: <A href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><HR><BR>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<BR>governance@lists.igcaucus.org<BR>To be removed from the list, visit:<BR><A href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</A><BR><BR>For all other list information and functions, see:<BR><A href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</A><BR>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<BR><A href="http://www.igcaucus.org">http://www.igcaucus.org</A>/<BR><BR>Translate this email: <A href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</A></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR></PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>~~~<BR>avri
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