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

Carlos A. Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Thu May 30 15:32:27 EDT 2013


+1

--c.a.

On 05/30/2013 06:12 AM, Angela Daly wrote:
> I support EFF's objection.
>
> On 30 May 2013 19:04, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro
> <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
> <mailto: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 <mailto:tapani.tarvainen at effi.org>> wrote:
>
>      > +1
>      >
>      > On May 30 13:51, parminder (parminder at itforchange.net
>     <mailto: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 <mailto:danny at eff.org>
>      >>>
>      >>> Seth Schoen
>      >>> Senior Staff Technologist
>      >>> Electronic Frontier Foundation
>      >>> seth at eff.org <mailto:seth at eff.org>
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>
>      >
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>      > Tapani Tarvainen
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