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

[Roland Perry]

In message 
<77A59FC9477004489D44DE7FC6840E7B21FE01 at SUEX10-mbx-08.ad.syr.edu>, at 
14:51:05 on Mon, 3 Jun 2013, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> writes
>Proper question is: Why should DRM on a Disney Movie download be baked 
>into html5?

The ability for Disney to turn on DRM is a perfectly legitimate thing to 
be "baked in" as you say.

Content providers who are DRM-refuseniks don't have to turn on DRM for 
their products, which will continue to be freely available.

You might surmise that I don't think being prevented from stealing a 
Disney movie is very high up on my list of reasons to be sorry for 
someone developing Open Source software in a developing country.

There are plenty of battles to fight, but this does not seem to me to be 
one of them.

>Seeing as it is being baked in elsewhere, no need to feel sorry for 
>Mickey Mouse's..rights:
>
>http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2013/06/03/arm-bakes-drm-graphics-chips.htm
>
>Lee
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>[governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of Roland Perry 
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>Subject: Re: [governance] Draft Statement #DRM HTML5/ was [Should the 
>IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?] #DRM in HTML5
>
>In message
><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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Roland Perry

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