[governance] Draft Statement #DRM HTML5/ was [Should the IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?] #DRM in HTML5

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 02/06/2013, at 8:26 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> The impact of the standard if allowed to be developed will cause serious violations of various human rights including but not limited to property rights.
> 

I suggest getting rid of this sentence, which is a bit wooly and hyperbolic.

> We note that much of the developing world relies on open source developers to enable mechanisms that allow for an open environment of sharing resources related to agricultural practices, education, health and diverse content. In regions, where access to information is a challenge and with serious resource constraints, an open and free internet allows for ease of sharing information which empowers communities.
> 

This para is good, though.

> We believe that will kill innovation and strongly object to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5. We would also like to reiterate that we fully endorse the arguments raised within the objection [1] raised by the EFF.
> 

I have some problems with this para too and would suggest it be simplified to something like "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."  Short and sweet.

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