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

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I thınk stymıe or hınder ınnovatıon ıs more apt and measurable 
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From: "Carlos A. Afonso" <ca at cafonso.ca>
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Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:56:02 
To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; McTim<dogwallah at gmail.com>
Reply-To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org,"Carlos A. Afonso" <ca at cafonso.ca>
Cc: Avri Doria<avri at acm.org>
Subject: Re: [governance] Re: Draft Statement #DRM HTML5/ was [Should the
 IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?] #DRM in HTML5

Jeremy suggested a replacement, not simply dropping it. He suggested 
dropping another para.

I agree with him.

--c.a.

On 06/02/2013 10:22 AM, McTim wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 2 Jun 2013, at 08:34, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
>>
>>> We believe that the inclusion of digital rights management in HTML5 will kill innovation and we strongly object to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for highlighting this sentence. While I have issues with some of the others that I need to think through, this one stands out as problematic for me.
>>
>> I think that 'innovation' is one of those unidentifiables that everyone invokes in their statements no matter what position they are taking.
>>
>> - those advocating DRM say that without the money that DRM enables no one would innovate at all (i disagree btw)
>>
>> - those opposing DRM say that without the work of others to learn from and build upon we would kill innovation.  I  disagree, sure it makes innovation more challenging and is the wrong thing to do, but kill it?  I don't think so.
>
>
> of course not, it's overblown hyperbole.  'Stymie" or "hinder" are
> better words, or just drop the para per Jeremy.
>


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