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

[Norbert Bollow]

[with IGC coordinator hat on]

As there have been no objections, the draft statement has been
approved by consensus.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this process!

Greetings,
Norbert

> [with IGC coordinator hat on]
> 
> FORMAL CONSENSUS CALL 
> 
> We have had quite a few expressions of support for the text below
> already, and no objections so far.
> 
> Please review the proposed statement text as posted by Deirdre and
> included for reference below.
> 
> If you agree with the proposed statement or are indifferent about it,
> there is no need to take action about it at the current stage.
> 
> If however you disagree with IGC adopting and publishing this
> statement, it is now the final opportunity to object if you wish to
> do so.
> 
> ** Any objections should be posted by Wednesday June 12, 9am UTC. **
> 
> If no objections are received by that time, the proposed statement
> will be deemed to have been adopted by consensus.
> 
> NOTE on potential further steps in the decision-making process: If
> there are any objections, we will make a serious attempt to modify the
> statement in a way that would make it acceptable to all Caucus
> members. If that process of trying to reach full consensus fails, we
> will proceed to the rough consensus process which involves determining
> whether there is an overwhelming majority in support of the proposed
> statement. As Sala has already mentioned, we would use an online poll
> as our method of choice for determining whether there is an
> overwhelming majority in support.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
> > On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 05:38:49PM -0400, Deirdre Williams 
> > (williams.deirdre at gmail.com) wrote:
> > 
> > > This is the text we are suggesting.
> > >
> > > 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 (DRM)
> > > in HTML5 has the potential to stifle innovation and seriously
> > > compromise the rights of end users; for these reasons
> > > particularly, we object to the inclusion of
> > > 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>
> 
> 


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