Tim Berners-Lee Approves Web DRM, But W3C Members Have Two Weeks To Appeal
'der Atticus Rex writes: A high controversial Web standard has received a seal of approval from Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web and its chief technical decision-maker. Opponents like the Free Software Foundation and Electronic Frontier Foundation say that the standard, Encrypted Media Extensions, is a step backwards for freedom, privacy, and a host of other rights on the Web. There's still a two-week window in which members of the W3C can appeal the decision, and the Free Software Foundation is asking people to email and encourage them to do so.' -- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/07/08/0147206 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 15:09:32 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'der Atticus Rex writes: A high controversial Web standard has received a seal of approval from Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web and its chief technical decision-maker.'
Tim Berners-Lee has lost his mojo.
On Sat, 8 Jul 2017 15:09:32 +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'There's still a two-week window in which members of the W3C can appeal the decision...'
And the EFF is doing so <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/global-web-standard-for-integrating-drm-into-browsers-hits-a-snag/>: Doctorow notes that the W3C appeals process "has never been successfully used in W3C history." But then again, the W3C has never taken such a stupid decision before...
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