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

[Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro]

We will be drafting a Press Release shortly.

Sala

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On Jun 13, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Chaitanya Dhareshwar <chaitanyabd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great stuff! Fingers crossed this will help ensure DRM never sees the light of day. 
>  
> -C
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> [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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