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
Best Regards, Matthias
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:
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?
↪ 2014-05-06 Tue 15:30, Jack jack@jackpot.uk.net:
Surely the correct target for this letter would have been the WHATWG and the W3C?
Because you mean the W3C is less subject to the powerful financial influence of tech companies such as Microsoft and Google?
;-)