[governance] Why HTML5 #DRM is dangerous for Free Software (was Draft Statement...)

[Roland Perry]

In message 
<CAEP5zKQFz12fW4q9Sm61uiyULv0cbPkEnZj76-cJJfuEs_ki9g at mail.gmail.com>, at 
08:49:44 on Thu, 13 Jun 2013, Chaitanya Dhareshwar 
<chaitanyabd at gmail.com> writes
>In the context of Disney movies - assuming "purchased" and not 
>"pirated" - wouldnt the purchaser already be exposing their identity 
>for the purchase validation process?

The most recent Disney movie I purchased was paid for with cash at my 
local gas station.

It seems to me that there's a mistaken concept of "freedom to listen" 
(by all and any available means) in addition to the well accepted 
concept of "freedom of speech".

Is it an infringement of my human rights if I have to buy an X-box to 
run a particular X-box game, because my open source *nix PC won't play 
the game?

These days, with smart-TVs and browsers built into DVD players, are they 
going to be able to play DRM'd html content, or will the suppliers have 
another version in order to preserve their market amongst people who 
want to watch their movies on a TV, rather than a PC?
-- 
Roland Perry

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