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W3C standards and the Hollyweb

2013-04-25 04:38:32
The Encrypted Media Extensions (EME, a.k.a. DRM in HTML5)
specification is not a real DRM itself.  It provides for add-on parts
described as Content Decryption Modules that provide DRM functionality
for one or more Key Systems.  DRMs are obviously designed to be
non-interoperable, and EME is a standard for managing such
non-standard stuff.  That is going to break interoperability, as any
given browser will inevitably miss some decryption modules.

Internet, globalization, and the information age may well entail a
change in the basic principles of economics.  However, IMHO, DRM is
not a solution to copyright infringement, not more than postage is a
solution to spam.  Injecting DRM through EME is a disservice to web
standardization, since the latter is supposed to foster the Internet
revolution.

If you haven't done so already, please sign the FSF petition:
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5

Thank you

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