[okfn-discuss] Keeping DRM out of HTML5

Harry Halpin hhalpin at ibiblio.org
Fri Mar 22 14:12:31 UTC 2013


I am against DRM in HTML5 as a person. However, I might add that Cory
Doctorow hasn't thought things through very well.

Is it better to have DRM-supporting companies come to W3C and discuss their
ideas there, where it can be blocked by a democratic process - an objection
by the Advisory Committee members of the W3C could block Encrypted Media
Extensions, such as Apache - or FSF, OKFN, etc. if they would join W3C,
which is very cheap for non-profits.

Or would you prefer the DRM companies to go off and cook DRM for the Web up
in their own member-only, closed-door consortium?

Think about it. I would not underestimate TimBL's strategic

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Kẏra <kxra at freeculture.org> wrote:

> This is important for anyone who cares about free culture. We can't let
> DRM tear apart the fabric of the web.
>
> Sign the petition: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
>
> [image: Inline image 1] <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5>
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> Reddit link:
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> http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/duplicates/1asm1x/tell_w3c_we_dont_want_the_hollyweb_drm_in_html5/
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