<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br><div>The IGC had on previous occasion supported EFF's objection. </div><div><br></div><div>See: <font size="1"><b><a href="http://igcaucus.org/upload/IGC_Press_Release_on_Support_for_EFF_Objection_against_DRM_in_HTML5.pdf">http://igcaucus.org/upload/IGC_Press_Release_on_Support_for_EFF_Objection_against_DRM_in_HTML5.pdf</a></b></font></div>
<div><br>Does the IGC have a view on the Working Draft in Paul Cotton's email below.</div><div><br><div>Andreas K had formally objected and the minority view is recorded by the Chairs of the WG in [1] and [2].The reasons that were provided in the following objections was not resolved. Microsoft and Cable Labs expressly support the working draft.</div>
<div><br></div><div> The Chair has advised that the<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"> objection will be dealt with by the W3C Director at a future transition point for EME. he further advised that objections are NOT dealt with and do not block the publication of heartbeats Working Drafts.</span></div>
<div><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">[1] </span><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#WGArchiveMinorityViews" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#WGArchiveMinorityViews</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">[2] </span><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/formal-objection-status.html" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">http://dev.w3.org/html5/status/formal-objection-status.html</a><div class="" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">
<div id=":1pt" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" style=""></div></div></div><div>Kind Regards,</div><div>Sala</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Cotton</b> <<a href="mailto:Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com">Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com</a>><br>Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:44 AM<br>Subject: CfC: to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) heartbeat Working Draft<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:public-html-admin@w3.org">public-html-admin@w3.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:public-html-admin@w3.org">public-html-admin@w3.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<p>This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to publish the following heartbeat [1] Working Draft of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME):<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p> <a href="https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-media-wd.html" target="_blank">
https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-media-wd.html</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Silence will be taken to mean there is no objection, but positive responses are encouraged. If there are no objections by Tuesday February 11, this resolution will carry.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>[1] <a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/groups.html#three-month-rule" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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