On 06/05/2014 09:35, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
Hi all,
On today's "Day against DRM" we sent an open letter to the European
Commission
<https://fsfe.org/activities/drm/open-letter-ec-drm-html.en.html>,
asking the EC to prevent Digital Restrictions Management technology from
being closely integrated with the HTML5 standard.
The PR is available here:
https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140506-01.en.html
I think that might potentially produce cause for regret.
That is, if this appeal is successful, and the EC 'prevents' (how?) DRM
being closely integrated with HTML5, that would set a precedent for EU
legislators to interfere in internet standards.
Government (and inter-governmental bodies) are not well-equipped to
evaluate technical standards - they rely on advisors (and more to the
point, on lobbyists) to interpret them.
Surely the correct target for this letter would have been the WHATWG and
the W3C?
--
Jack.
Best Regards,
Matthias
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