Perhaps I've misread it, but Hixie's recent post about DRM ( https://plus.google.com/107429617152575897589/posts/iPmatxBYuj2 ) seems awfully critical of its underlying justifications and the way it has been deployed. -a
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Alex M (Coyo) <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/23/2013 06:15 PM, Free Culture Foundation wrote: > >> A handful of myths have become common defenses of the W3C's plan for >> "Encrypted Media Extensions" (EME), a [Digital Restrictions >> Management][1] (DRM) scheme for HTML5, the next version of the markup >> language upon which the Web is built. >> > > This is only further proof that the W3C no longer protects the open web. > > The web is dead. > > DNS and the aging underlying technologies that support the Web are also > dead, or soon to become so. > > Even MPLS, DWDM with ROADM are long in the tooth. Sonet and GPON were > ancient before they were published, and all TDM is going the way of MySpace. > > I would not rely on the W3C to be our ally in the fight to control our own > identities. > > ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/**mailman/listinfo/discuss<http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > FAQ: > http://wiki.freeculture.org/**Fc-discuss<http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss> >
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