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

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:17 PM, John C. Vernaleo <john@netpurgatory.com>wrote:

>  Which part is baloney?  The part where deaf people get to enjoy
>> Hamlet, or the part where English professors get to critique it?
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
> Other than disagreeing with your use of the word hacker, isn't that
> exactly why most people use https?


sorry, wrong analogy on my part, i should have said denying access to
impaired users;

the point is that DRM/CP has nothing to do with content access with respect
to impaired users

Received on Friday, 24 February 2012 22:21:38 UTC