[governance] EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5

[Tapani Tarvainen]

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On May 30 13:51, parminder (parminder at itforchange.net) wrote:

> 
> I propose that the IGC supports and endorses this objection... parminder
> 
> On Thursday 30 May 2013 06:07 AM, Catherine Roy wrote:
> >FYI. (Source : https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-makes-formal-objection-drm-html5)
> >
> >EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5
> >Draft Proposal from W3C Could Stymie Web Innovation
> >
> >San Francisco - Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
> >filed a formal objection to the inclusion of digital rights
> >management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a draft proposal from the
> >World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie Web innovation and
> >block access to content for people across the globe.
> >
> >The W3C's HTML working group is creating a technical standard for
> >HTML5, an upcoming revision to the computer language that creates
> >webpages and otherwise displays content online. The working group
> >has accepted a draft that includes discussion of Encrypted Media
> >Extensions (EME), which will hard-wire the requirements of DRM
> >vendors into the HTML standard.
> >
> >"This proposal stands apart from all other aspects of HTML
> >standardization: it defines a new 'black box' for the
> >entertainment industry, fenced off from control by the browser and
> >end-user," said EFF International Director Danny O'Brien. "While
> >this plan might soothe Hollywood content providers who are scared
> >of technological evolution, it could also create serious
> >impediments to interoperability and access for all."
> >
> >DRM standards look like normal technical standards but turn out to
> >have quite different qualities. They fail to implement their
> >stated intention – protecting media – while dragging in legal
> >mandates that chill the speech of technologists, lock down
> >technology, and violate property rights by seizing control of
> >personal computers from their owners. Accepting EME could lead to
> >other rightsholders demanding the same privileges as Hollywood,
> >leading to a Web where images and pages cannot be saved or
> >searched, ads cannot be blocked, and innovative new browsers
> >cannot compete without explicit permission from big content
> >companies.
> >
> >EFF filed this objection as its first act as a full member of W3C.
> >EFF's goal is to broaden the discussion of the consequences of
> >accepting DRM-based proposals like EME for the future of the Web.
> >
> >"The W3C needs to develop a policy regarding DRM and similar
> >proposals, or risk having its own work and the future of the Web
> >become buried in the demands of businesses that would rather it
> >never existed in the first place," said EFF Senior Staff
> >Technologist Seth Schoen. "The EME proposal needs to be seen for
> >what it is: a creation that will shut out open source developers
> >and competition, throw away interoperability, and lock in legacy
> >business models. This is the opposite of the fair use model that
> >gave birth to the Web."
> >
> >For EFF's full Formal Objection:
> >https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg
> >
> >For more on DRM in HTML5:
> >https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/eff-joins-w3c-fight-drm
> >
> >Contacts:
> >
> >Danny O'Brien
> >International Outreach Coordinator
> >Electronic Frontier Foundation
> >danny at eff.org
> >
> >Seth Schoen
> >Senior Staff Technologist
> >Electronic Frontier Foundation
> >seth at eff.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 

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