- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 17:07:50 -0800
- To: Kornel Lesiński <kornel@geekhood.net>
- Cc: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
2012/3/5 Kornel Lesiński <kornel@geekhood.net>: > On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:33:18 -0000, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote: >> It is not required for the spec, but it will be required for practical >> deployment in the near term. Change doesn't happen over night, at least >> without burning down the town. >> >> We view a standardized interface to CDMs as an initial step on the path to >> achieving more openness and more interoperability. It is an enabling >> technology. > > So the HTML spec today is enabled for this, waiting at the end of this path. > http+aes scheme (ClearKey equivalent) has been added and DRM-free video > works already. > > IMHO the HTML could just wait for content owners to come, instead of helping > them stay with DRM longer, expand DRM's possibilities, and use a W3C > recommendation as an excuse to do so. Precisely. We don't need to "burn down the town" (to use your words); we just need to maintain the status quo until copyright owners are willing to come to the table with more reasonable expectations and use the technology we're already providing them. ~TJ
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