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

[Kabani]

+1

On Friday, 31 May 2013, Guru गुरु wrote:

>  +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
>      >
>
>

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