Re: Video copy protection from Kornel Lesinski on 2010-02-09 (public-html@w3.org from February 2010)

From: Kornel Lesinski <kornel@geekhood.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:57:16 -0000
To: "Jonas Sicking" <jonas@sicking.cc>
Cc: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <op.u7t7pqv7ptj49s@aimac.local>

On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:32:03 -0000, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:

> A precedence here is the recent font format discussions. Some parties
> here wanted DRM technologies built in to the platform, whereas other
> parties (mozilla and opera included) were pushing hard against any
> technologies that contained DRM.
>
> It's currently looking like a non-DRM based technology, WOFF, is the
> one that will be the agreed on. WOFF instead allows ownership
> information to be included in the font files so that if a copyright
> breach happens, you can see this after the fact.

This wouldn't work for videos distributed to anonymous users.

-- 
regards, Kornel Lesiński

Received on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 01:57:55 UTC