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

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Your *nix system CAN most certainly play an xbox game. In this day and age
you have every right to play your xbox games on linux, and linux games on
your win8 box and windoze games on your mac, etc etc ad infinitum.

Ref:
https://www.google.co.in/#safe=off&q=how+to+play+xbox+games+on+linux&oq=how+to+play+xbox+games+on+linux

So suppose they prevented you from playing it, would that be acceptable?
(Ok the fact that you assumed it cannot be played means you've accepted
it ^_^ but apart from that).

Specifically wrt the publishers, see content is always difficult to
regulate on a PC as against on a TV or such a relatively less versatile
piece of consumer equipment, so they'll limit it using means that they
know. Yes it's not perfect, but that doesnt justify DRM.

Best regards,
Chaitanya


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Roland Perry <
roland at internetpolicyagency.com> wrote:

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> 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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