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

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Hi Roland, as at the end of the first para, "The inherent danger of the
proposal would be to shut out open source developers and competition,
destroy interoperability and lock in legacy business models."

-C


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Roland Perry <
roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

> In message <CAEP5zKTkAPoB5xUNQ=U1X03pt2c9**UyWPFQqCOYfZ69xOHFVc9A at mail.**
> gmail.com <U1X03pt2c9UyWPFQqCOYfZ69xOHFVc9A at mail.gmail.com>>, at 08:48:16
> on Mon, 3 Jun 2013, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com> writes
>
>  Much of the developing world relies on open source developers to
>> enable OR CREATE mechanisms that allow for an open environment of sharing
>> resources related to agricultural practices, education, health and diverse
>> content. In such regions, access to information is a challenge and with
>> serious resource constraints, but it is an open and free internet (and the
>> resultant ease of collaboration/sharing information) that empowers
>> communities
>>
>
> Why would DRM on a Disney Movie download stifle the ability for the Open
> Source movement to continue to develop and distribute its work freely?
> --
> Roland Perry
>
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