<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Hi Sala, </div><div><br></div><div>To be honest, having to remember a url and jump off to a separate site for such a small statement is a pain. In my opinion, anyway. Perhaps you can see the stats on the <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a> page, how many people bother to visit vs the very large number who read the list?</div><div><br></div><div>A cleaned up version of a short statement:</div><div><br></div><div>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) endorses and supports the formal objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) <<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>></div><div><br></div><div>We believe that the inclusion of digital rights management in HTML5 has the potential to stifle innovation and we object to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5.</div><div><br></div><div>We fully endorse the arguments raised by the EFF in their statement "EFF's Formal Objection to the HTML WG Draft Charter" <<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>></div><div><br></div><div>The EFF statement we're considering to support is itself long and speaks for itself. See no need to add more than above.</div><div><br></div><div>Adam</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Jun 6, 2013, at 4:30 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">In case, people missed it. The revised Statement is live at:<br><br><a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/112" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/112</a> where you can add your comments and suggest text.<br>
<br>Kind Regards,<br>Sala<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br><br>Further to the discussions on the mailing list, I have revised the first version to the one below. I have highlighted the sentence still in contention and also note that there are mixed reactions to the balance of the protection of intellectual property rights through mediums like the DRM to protect innovation and challenges to threats of impeded "Access". This is a very interesting debate and one I believe should be thoroughly explored by the IGC where we can come to some common ground (if we are able to). I have not had the time to read Frank La Rue's new report but it would be interesting to see his report of what the world is saying in relation to this conflict. I am of course interested in what the IGC has to say.<br>
<br>Roland and Avri raised some very interesting points that deserve discussion. As we speak, the Statement will be hosted on the Statement Workspace on the IGC website. I have tried to capture every comment in the attached document. I find that Statement Workspaces are far more effective in neatly allowing people to comment on each sentence etc, so my apologies if the attached document is inherently messy.<br>
<br>What are your collective thoughts on what Roland suggested that whilst there are many battles, this is not one we should spend time on? The key issues for your deliberation would be:-<br><ul><li>What is the IGC's position on Digital Rights Management?</li>
<li>What is the IGC's position on Digital Rights Management in HTML 5?</li></ul><p>Thank you to all those for suggesting text and new wordings and phrases. I have tried to capture your views below. All the mistakes are of course mine. Let us have your thoughts. As soon as the Statement is on the Workspace, Norbert will inform us and this will allow us to track comments on the revised statement.<br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Revised Draft Statement on Support
for EFF’s Objection</span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) objects to the inclusion of
digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5. We endorse and support the formal
objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and that the draft
proposal from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stifle Web innovation
and block access to content for people across the planet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We
believe that the proposed standard by W3C is a serious threat to an open and
free internet. <span style="background:yellow">The
inherent danger of the proposal would be to shut out open source developers and
competition, destroy interoperability and lock in legacy business models.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="background:yellow"><br>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Much
of the developing world relies on open source developers to enable OR
CREATE mechanisms that allow for an open environment of sharing resources
related to agricultural practices, education, health and diverse content. In
such regions, access to information is a challenge and with serious resource
constraints, but it is an open and free internet (and the resultant ease of
collaboration/sharing information) that empowers communities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
the foregoing reasons we reiterate our strong objection to the support for DRM
technologies in HTML5, and our agreement with the EFF's arguments in this
regard.</span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div>P.O. Box 17862</div><div>Suva</div><div>Fiji</div><div><br></div><div>Twitter: @SalanietaT</div><div><a href="Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro">Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro</a></div>
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