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

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Thu May 30 23:25:04 EDT 2013 

+1
Guru

On 05/31/2013 01:02 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote:
> +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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