[governance] Why HTML5 #DRM is dangerous for Free Software (was Draft Statement...)
Roland Perry
roland at internetpolicyagency.com
Thu Jun 13 05:29:19 EDT 2013
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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?
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Roland Perry
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