Blog post: DRM and the Open Web
Posted on:As described on the the W3C blog, this group is intended to provide input to W3C and its HTML WG on issues of encrypted media and DRM.
As described on the the W3C blog, this group is intended to provide input to W3C and its HTML WG on issues of encrypted media and DRM.
(apologies for the double post – I’ve also posted this to the blog itself, as I’m a little unsure where the conversation is supposed to be taking place)
“In building the Open Web, we do not equate “open” content with material that must be available free of charge.”
But DRM, enabled by EME, will tie content to specific operating systems, browsers, and geographical locations. That is in opposition to several of the W3Cs clearly stated objectives. See this post:
http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/05/perspectives_on_encrypted_medi.html#c4843118
… for a deeper explanation of that assertion.
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