Re: Cory Doctorow: W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards, says it's OK for your browser to say "I can't let you do that, Dave" [via Restricted Media Community Group]

On Oct 9, 2013, at 14:28 , Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>> That scope was brought before the W3C advisory committee in the HTML
>> charter, and saying it's "in scope" only says the discussion may take
>> place, it doesn't predict an outcome of the discussion.
> 
> I'd like to be 100% clear on this.
> 
> Are you saying that, as a result of discussion and consultation, the W3C
> might decide that 'content protection' is actually out of scope for the
> W3C?  Not just reject the EME proposal, but reject 'content protection'
> altogether?

I very much doubt that the W3C will take on content protection per se.  It's a specialized field.  The interfaces to handle content protection and the EME APIs were deemed (after much discussion) in scope for the group to discuss, is my understanding.


David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Wednesday, 9 October 2013 22:07:21 UTC