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

Avri Doria avri at ella.com
Thu May 30 13:34:20 EDT 2013 

+1

David Cake <dave at difference.com.au> wrote:

>I support EFFs position. 
>
>On 30/05/2013, at 5:04 PM, 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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