- From: Laurel L. Russwurm <laurel.l@russwurm.org>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:26:57 -0400
- To: public-html-comments@w3.org
Mike hit it exactly. > <p>Copyright © YYYY Rightsholder</p> > > Particularly useful for denoting rights for digital material. It has > worked well for non-digital media for quite some time, as well. As long as governments have been imposing the monopoly of copyright, the expression of such rights have been marked up as part of the content, and enforced in the real world by law. Although some are obsessed with DRM and digital rights markup, the W3C specifications are not the appropriate place for any kind of digital rights expression or enforcement. DRM is dangerous because it's ineffectiveness necessitates being double locked with law, which poses additional threat to both the public domain and culture. That is already happening. Including DRM into the standard is the first step toward Internet lock down at the core. Because I value the Internet as an important means of disseminating culture, I strongly oppose the incorporation of DRM into any part of the W3C Standard. Regards, Laurel L. Russwurm On 13-06-12 09:33 PM, Michael Gratton wrote: > On 13/06/13 09:48, Arthur Clifford wrote: >> In the context of html though digital rights markup (which is >> arguably part of managing digital rights) seems a relevant topic. > > You are correct. I find markup such as this: > > <p>Copyright © YYYY Rightsholder</p> > > Particularly useful for denoting rights for digital material. It has > worked well for non-digital media for quite some time, as well. > > //Mike >
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