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

[Thomas Lowenhaupt]

I support crafting a statement.

On 5/30/2013 5:04 AM, Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro 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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>> Tapani Tarvainen
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