Re: [webp2p] Internet.org

On Aug 22, 2013, at 15:17 , Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>> What is IMO off-topic is Duncan's assertion that a rather broad category
>> of human rights assertions, a category which includes many
>> internationally recognized human rights, is not “legitimate”.
> 
> I was trying to make the point that human rights are not an agreed
> topic, either from a practical perspective, or a philosophical one.
> 
> I think that was on-topic for the discussion, since people were citing
> human rights as a reason to reject EME.  Personally, although I'm
> against EME, I don't buy that argument.  That's probably because of my
> position on human rights.


We probably don't need the bring the UN in, either;  I think that the problems of DRM with respect to (for example) US 'fair use' are recognized.

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Thursday, 22 August 2013 22:33:24 UTC