<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>+1</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Have been following this discussion and i agree with the exact content on the letter .</span></div><div> </div><div>Best Regards</div><div>Nomsa Muswai<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Janna Anderson
<andersj@elon.edu><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "governance@lists.igcaucus.org" <governance@lists.igcaucus.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 6 June 2013, 16:08<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] Revised Draft IGC Statement #DRM in HTML5<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>+1<br><br>-- <br>Janna Quitney Anderson<br>Director, Imagining the Internet Center<br>www.imaginingtheinternet.org<br>Associate Professor<br>School of Communications<br>Elon University<br><br><br>Twitter: @JannaQ <a href="https://twitter.com/JANNAQ" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/JANNAQ</a><br>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jannaanderson" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/jannaanderson</a><br>Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/janna.anderson"
target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/janna.anderson</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>On 6/6/13 8:00 AM, "Tapani Tarvainen" <<a ymailto="mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org" href="mailto:tapani.tarvainen@effi.org">tapani.tarvainen@effi.org</a>> wrote:<br><br>>+1<br>><br>>On Jun 06 07:12, Avri Doria (<a ymailto="mailto:avri@acm.org" href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</a>) wrote:<br>><br>>> I support sending this statement.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> avri<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> On 6 Jun 2013, at 04:52, Adam Peake wrote:<br>>> <br>>> > Hi Sala, <br>>> > <br>>> > To be honest, having to remember a url and jump off to a separate<br>>>site for such a small statement is a pain. In my opinion, anyway.<br>>>Perhaps you can see the stats on the <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igcaucus.org/ </a>page, how<br>>>many people bother to
visit vs the very large number who read the list?<br>>> <br>>> as the website does not allow for editing, but only for commenting, I<br>>>find that tool inadequate to IGC statement creation purposes.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> > <br>>> > A cleaned up version of a short statement:<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> > <br>>> > The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) endorses and<br>>>supports the formal objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier<br>>>Foundation (EFF) <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>>> > We believe that the inclusion of digital rights management in HTML5<br>>>has the potential to stifle innovation and we object to the inclusion of<br>>>digital rights management (DRM) in
HTML5.<br>>> > <br>>> > We fully endorse the arguments raised by the EFF in their statement<br>>>"EFF's Formal Objection to the HTML WG Draft Charter"<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>>> <br>>> > <br>>> > The EFF statement we're considering to support is itself long and<br>>>speaks for itself. See no need to add more than above.<br>>> <br>>> Indeed, lets just support them.<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> > <br>>> > Adam<br>>> > <br>>> > <br>>> <br>>> <br>><br>>> ____________________________________________________________<br>>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org"
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