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

Thu May 30 14:11:50 EDT 2013

+1

Full disclosure, I am an EFF Fellow, but I was not involved in EFF's process on this.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of David Cake
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:17 AM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Subject: Re: [governance] [Should the IGC support Formal Objection by EFF?] #DRM in
> HTML5
> 
> 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-h
> >>>> tml5)
> >>>>
> >>>> 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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