[governance] [Should the IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?] #DRM in HTML5

[Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear Members,

I would like to know if there is consensus in supporting EFF's objection through the crafting of the statement. 

Kind Regards,

Sala

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On May 30, 2013, at 8:53 PM, Tapani Tarvainen <tapani.tarvainen at effi.org> wrote:

> +1
> 
> 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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