[governance] Digital restrictions management in HTML standards

[Catherine Roy]

On 11/05/2013 12:08 PM, McTim wrote:
>
> http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/05/perspectives_on_encrypted_medi.html
>
> "Different publishers use the Web differently, some choosing to make 
> content available free of charge, others preferring to control access. 
> Most people would agree that individuals and institutions in general 
> should have the right to limit access to proprietary information, or 
> charge for access to content they own."
>
> is the crucial bit here...is the CSIGC against folks limiting access 
> to stuff they own?
>


As noted by others in the comments section of the W3C's blog post, it is 
already possible to compensate creators or owners of content on the Web. 
The Web can host all kinds of content. It is possible to pay for content 
online. Copyright holders already have access to proprietory 
technologies that enable them to limit access or use of content.

So the issue actually is whether the CSIGC is for enshrining into the 
core language of the Web, i.e. HTML5, mecanisms for digital rights 
management, at the behest of the MPAA and other big corporations, when 
mecanisms already exist to do so otherwise. Is the CSIGC for allowing 
these interests to use user agents, i.e. browsers, to police access and 
uses of content and therefore, limit control users have over their agents.

As the saying goes, code is law...

-- 
Catherine Roy
http://www.catherine-roy.net

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