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

Angela Daly angelacdaly at gmail.com
Thu May 30 05:12:58 EDT 2013 

I support EFF's objection.

On 30 May 2013 19:04, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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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