Am Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:25:02 +0200 schrieb "[email protected]" <[email protected]>:
> > But this is badly off-topic for the [email protected] > > mailing list. I suggest to end this thread at this point. (As far as > > I'm concerned you can have the last word if you wish, but I'm not > > planning to respond any further.) > > > I don't think so. The point that I want to remark is that UNO publicly > "affirms that the same rights that people have offline must also be > protected online", so regarding to the point of discussion on this > list, not only DRM and by extend EME and CDMs take control over the > user machine but also it does in a way that goes against human rights, > so the same way I can be able to make personals copies of my phisical > media or give it to others, digital content should be able to be used > on the same way and we shouldn't condone or work against this > principle. I agree that those human rights aspects are highly-relevant and on-topic. What is IMO off-topic is Duncan's assertion that a rather broad category of human rights assertions, a category which includes many internationally recognized human rights, is not “legitimate”. Greetings, Norbert
