Web Copyright Community Group Proposed

The Web Copyright Community Group has been proposed:

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Irrespective of whether we like it or not, of whether W3C or other SDOs
eventually accept it or not, DRM seems slated to come to the Web
platform. We are looking at video today, but books, apps, and therefore
relatively arbitrary Web documents could easily be next.


The business pressure to do so is such that there is little in the way
that technology can do to stop this process. Our communities may produce
everything from learned recantations to bitter rants, words will not
suffice to address the problem.


The only way in which we can decisively put a stop to DRM is by changing
the legal system which can make it seem desirable to some. The goal of
this group is to produce a set of realistic proposals for Web-compatible
copyright legislation. Its focus is very much pragmatic, the idea being
not to produce an idealistic laundry list for some free content utopia,
but rather actionable proposals that stand a chance of passing into law.

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You are invited to support the creation of this group:
  http://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed#web-copyright

Once the group has a total of five supporters, it will be launched and
people can join to begin work. Once launched, the group will no longer
be listed as "proposed"; it will appear in the list of current groups:
  http://www.w3.org/community/groups/

In order to support the group, you will need a W3C account. To request one:
  http://www.w3.org/community/account/request

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires
the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on
site-comments@w3.org.

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Friday, 4 October 2013 11:10:40 UTC