Re: Encrypted Media proposal (was RE: ISSUE-179: av_param - Chairs Solicit Alternate Proposals or Counter-Proposals) from Glenn Adams on 2012-03-05 (public-html@w3.org from March 2012)

From: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 10:42:25 -0700
To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Cc: John Simmons <johnsim@microsoft.com>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, "<public-html@w3.org>" <public-html@w3.org>
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

> As argued multiple times, it would be a disservice to the web platform
> as a whole to bake closed-source royalty-encumbered technology into
> HTML.

And who is proposing doing this? Nobody. Nobody is proposing requiring a
specific encumbered CDM just as nobody is proposing a specific encumbered
A/V codec. Please stop making claims that are patently untrue.

Received on Monday, 5 March 2012 17:43:17 UTC