“DRM is one of the most salient, and least understood, facts about technology in the contemporary world” http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/feb/05/digital-rights-management
EME goes forward despite consensus have been not achieved. People in the group continue to say that the lack of consensus cannot stop the work. I’ve read the policies and it indeed say so: “Dissenters cannot stop a group’s work … Continue reading
I’ve had the time to have a look at current EME draft. It’s completely ridiculous and contrary to the logic of the old web to create a way to bind privative (closed) binaries without any control by the W3C just … Continue reading
When I read W3C arguments, I read everywhere “protected content”. What is this? Mockery? That is just propaganda to try to tip the scales towards the wishes of the industry. Why don’t they say “paid content”? Web content is there … Continue reading
“A meeting next Monday of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) will consider whether digital rights management should be part of the HTML5 web standard. But what’s your opinion? “The future of the Web is being decided at this very … Continue reading
Free Software Foundation executive director John Sullivan made the following statement: “We and the 26,000 concerned individuals who signed Defective by Design’s petition so far are extremely disappointed in the W3C’s statement today. The situation is actually worse than we … Continue reading
MARCH 20, 2013 | BY PETER ECKERSLEY AND SETH SCHOEN “All too often, technology companies have raced against each other to build restrictive tangleware that suits Hollywood’s whims, selling out their users in the process. But open Web standads are … Continue reading
A Brightcove representative says the company is backing away from HTML5 & pushing their SDKs for native iOS & Android apps instead. In the article, the spokesperson cites advantages of native experiences, including that customers can install DRM. What this … Continue reading
Muktware.com is reporting that Google most recent update to Chrome on all devices includes “what Google calls, ‘Widevine Content Decryption Module’”. Some companies that want to use HTML5 may see this as beneficial to protecting their assets. Link: http://www.muktware.com/5397/html5-drm-comes-all-chrome-os-devices
At the recent SXSW, Sir Tim Berners-Lee reportedly said during a post-presentation question & answer session, “If we don’t put the hooks for the use of DRM in, people will just go back to using Flash.” (Link: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/10/tim-berners-lee-the-web-needs.html) Boing Boing’s … Continue reading
