[Bug 21231] License descriptor attribute

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21231

--- Comment #2 from Fred Andrews <fredandw@live.com> ---
Thank you for the link to the microdata for 'licensing works'.  This could well
be a better option than adding a new attribute.

The use cases for these 'flags' noted in this bug report must be effectively
equivalent to broad classes of use cases for the EME specification.

It may well be necessary to add some extra flags to the microdata to ensure
these are communicated.  For example: a flag that communicates a requirement
for secure transport (if deemed necessary), a flag that communicates a
limitation on rights to store the resource, etc.  A registry of these flags
might also be useful.

Alternatively, there could be a separate registry that maps the 'licensing
works' license URL to a set of flags defining restrictions that the UA might
choose to communicate to the user, and this could make it unnecessary to have
these flags communicated with every 'licensing works' declaration.

The flags should allow the web browser to add an extra conformation step for a
'save as' command informing the user that the content author asserts copyright
restrictions on storage.  It should be possible for parents to configure the
web browser that minors use to disable a 'save as' command for resources with
declared restrictions on saving.  It should be possible for a popular open
source web browser to ship with a default that makes the user wait 10 minutes
before allowing the saving of a flagged resource so as to give equivalent
'friction' to the EME specification use cases!

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Received on Saturday, 9 March 2013 22:56:13 UTC