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

[Adam Peake]

Hi Sala, 

To be honest, having to remember a url and jump off to a separate site for such a small statement is a pain.  In my opinion, anyway.  Perhaps you can see the stats on the http://www.igcaucus.org/ page, how many people bother to visit vs the very large number who read the list?

A cleaned up version of a short statement:

The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) endorses and supports the formal objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) <https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg>

We believe that the inclusion of digital rights management in HTML5 has the potential to stifle innovation and we object to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5.

We fully endorse the arguments raised by the EFF in their statement "EFF's Formal Objection to the HTML WG Draft Charter" <https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg>

The EFF statement we're considering to support is itself long and speaks for itself.  See no need to add more than above.

Adam



On Jun 6, 2013, at 4:30 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:

> In case, people missed it. The revised Statement is live at:
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> http://www.igcaucus.org/digressit/archives/112 where you can add your comments and suggest text.
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> Kind Regards,
> Sala
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> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 2:50 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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