- From: Nikos Roussos <comzeradd@mozilla-community.org>
- Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 02:03:43 +0300
- To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote: >On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Hugo Roy <hugo@fsfe.org> wrote: > >> Le ven. 17/05/13, 09:54, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>: >> > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Hugo Roy <hugo@fsfe.org> wrote: >> > > What we are discussing here is whether EME should get the W3C >> > > “stamp of approval” which we equate with the “Open Web”. By Open, >> > > it means this is something not discriminating or excluding anyone >> > > regardless of which technology they use. >> > > >> > >> > I can't resist pointing out that you do wish to exclude companies >that >> use >> > DRM for content distribution, which is also a choice of technology. >> >> I am not talking about content distribution but about what >> technology web users are using. > > >I know. Actually I think you mean the consumers of the content. My >point is >that the producers of the content are users of the web as well. > > >> So if you want to distribute >> content in a way that discriminates some web users from other web >> users, you are clearly outside of the scope of what we refer to as >> the “open web”. >> >> You are wrong when you say that I wish to exclude companies that >> use DRM. These companies are entirely welcome to distribute >> content on the Web. They are also entirely welcome to distribute >> content on the open Web, that is, in a way that do not >> discriminate or exclude some users because of technological >> consideration (for instance, a website designed solely for IE6 is >> not “open”.) >> > >If the producers technology choice does not align with the users >technology >choice, who is "excluding" whom ? Your argument relies on one set of >choices having preferential status, that is all. Those who try to standardize their technology choice are those who discriminate. -- Nikos Roussos http://roussos.cc
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