Hello, I am a music teacher

Hello,

My name is Devin Ulibarri and I am a music teacher. I am the chair of
the guitar department for the prep school and continuing education at
the New England Conservatory as well as an avid and published researcher
into how we can "educate better" (to sum things up in short--please see
my website for more information).

As a active performing musician and educator, I have a vested interest
in electronic media, its distribution and its preservation. I just want
to let others know that I oppose DRM of any kind--especially in web
standards. I wrote an in-depth rationale as to why DRM is of concern to
musicians and music educators in the following article, published
earlier this year:

https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/why_should_musicians_care_about_digital_restrictions_management

Of particular concern is how DRM blocks the community's (e.g. teachers,
students, parents, studying performers) ability to use media under the
safe harbor of Fair Use.

[[[ On this note, I cannot support any technological "remedies" that
attempt to distinguish Fair Use from other use because it could not be
done anonymously--it would be an invasion of privacy. ]]]

And of even greater concern to me is the criminalization of DRM
circumvention, which is why I fully support the EFF's recent lawsuit
detailed here:

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-lawsuit-takes-dmca-section-1201-research-and-technology-restrictions-violate

I found this argument from the cited article particularly compelling:
> This ban applies even where people want to make noninfringing fair
uses of the materials they are accessing.

I implore you to reverse actions taken to implement DRM into web
standards. For the sake of music and for the sake of education, please
remove DRM from the W3C web standards.

Thank you for taking the time to read my thoughts on DRM as a
professional musician and educator.

Sincerely,
Devin

-- 
Devin Ulibarri
www.devinulibarri.com/Bio.html

Received on Friday, 19 August 2016 17:38:58 UTC