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

[Roland Perry]

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<CAEP5zKR68-m9b-raJ33jGoCcC6o2wB6M5wN+52PiTDEZf3+X4g at mail.gmail.com>, at 
14:08:55 on Mon, 3 Jun 2013, Chaitanya Dhareshwar 
<chaitanyabd at gmail.com> writes
>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."

That merely restates my question. Why does DRM shut out those people who 
would not use it anyway (eg the Open Source folks).

Meanwhile, surely their innovation would be to distribute their own 
world-class movies, without DRM (as well as the software they are more 
normally known for).

>>    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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