Re: Encrypted Media proposal (was RE: ISSUE-179: av_param - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals)

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
>> >> It is unethical for us to make and use technologies that are
>> intentionally
>> >> inaccessible, whether that be preventing deaf users from knowing what
>> is
>> >> being said in a movie production of Hamlet, or preventing English
>> >> professors from critiquing parts of that same movie.
>> >
>> > Baloney.
>>
>> Which part is baloney?  The part where deaf people get to enjoy
>> Hamlet, or the part where English professors get to critique it?
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> the part where DRM/content protection is equated with intentionally
> denying access to impaired users
>

the argument ian is making is akin to saying that use of https is
intentionally denying access to hackers

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