[governance] Re: Revised Draft IGC Statement #DRM in HTML5

Wed Jun 5 15:30:38 EDT 2013

In case, people missed it. The revised Statement is live at:

http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/112 where you can add your
comments and suggest text.

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Further to the discussions on the mailing list, I have revised the first
> version to the one below. I have highlighted the sentence still in
> contention and also note that there are mixed reactions to the balance of
> the protection of intellectual property rights through mediums like the DRM
> to protect innovation and challenges to threats of impeded "Access". This
> is a very interesting debate and one I believe should be thoroughly
> explored by the IGC where we can come to some common ground (if we are able
> to). I have not had the time to read Frank La Rue's new report but it would
> be interesting to see his report of what the world is saying in relation to
> this conflict. I am of course interested in what the IGC has to say.
>
> Roland and Avri raised some very interesting points that deserve
> discussion. As we speak, the Statement will be hosted on the Statement
> Workspace on the IGC website. I have tried to capture every comment in the
> attached document. I find that Statement Workspaces are far more effective
> in neatly allowing people to comment on each sentence etc, so my apologies
> if the attached document is inherently messy.
>
> What are your collective thoughts on what Roland suggested that whilst
> there are many battles, this is not one we should spend time on? The key
> issues for your deliberation would be:-
>
>    - What is the IGC's position on Digital Rights Management?
>    - What is the IGC's position on Digital Rights Management in HTML 5?
>
> Thank you to all those for suggesting text and new wordings and phrases. I
> have tried to capture your views below. All the mistakes are of course
> mine. Let us have your thoughts. As soon as the Statement is on the
> Workspace, Norbert will inform us and this will allow us to track comments
> on the revised  statement.
>
> *Revised Draft Statement on Support for EFF’s Objection*
>
> The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) objects to the
> inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5. We endorse and
> support the formal objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
> (EFF) and that the draft proposal from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
> could stifle Web innovation and block access to content for people across
> the planet.
>
>
> We believe that the proposed standard by W3C is a serious threat to an
> open and free internet. The inherent danger of the proposal would be to
> shut out open source developers and competition, destroy interoperability
> and lock in legacy business models.
>
>
>  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.
>
> 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.
>
>

-- 
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
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