[governance] Digital restrictions management in HTML standards

[parminder]

On Monday 29 April 2013 03:30 AM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> What are the views about the idea of in addition issuing a brief
> IGC statement in support of this petition or with a message similar to
> it?

I agree tha IGC should consider supporting....

>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
> Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>
>> Many people here may wish to sign this petition.
>>
>>
>> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
>>
>>
>> We call on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and its member
>> organizations to reject the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal
>> (EME), which would incorporate support for Digital Restrictions
>> Management (DRM) into HTML.
>>
>> EME would be an irreversible step backward for freedom on the Web. It
>> would endorse and enable business models that unethically restrict
>> users, and it would make subjugation to particular media companies a
>> precondition for full Web citizenship. Just as Flash and Silverlight
>> are finally dying off, we should not replace them with the media
>> giants' latest control fantasy.
>>
>> Furthermore, EME contradicts the W3C's core values. It would hamper
>> interoperability by encouraging the proliferation of DRM plugins. It
>> would fly in the face of the W3C's principle of keeping the Web
>> royalty-free — this is simply a back door for media companies to
>> require proprietary player software. It is willful ignorance to
>> pretend otherwise just because the proposal does not mention
>> particular technologies or DRM schemes by name.
>>
>> W3C and member organizations: don't weave DRM into the fabric of the
>> Web.


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