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 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Seth Schoen >>> Senior Staff Technologist >>> Electronic Frontier Foundation >>> [email protected] >>>
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