- From: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
- Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:42:33 -0700
- To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
> "Stopping" this will > not stand a snowball's chance; the best you can do is provide a better > alternative. This fact is the cause of the anger that myself and others are expressing on this list. Perhaps we've noticed this issue too late; perhaps if we had been more active in the W3C *before* we heard of the EME proposal through the media, we might have had an opportunity to debate the more fundamental issues (such as, whether the W3C should be working on DRM at all). As it stands now, though, a bunch of concerned individuals and organisations are coming on board and saying: back up a moment - can we discuss whether or not the W3C should even be working on this? And we're being told: no, sorry, that ship has sailed ... Microsoft, Google, Apple and Netflix and the W3C CEO have already made the decision to forge ahead with DRM. The important people have decided to paint the room, children - how about you choose the colour? In other words, the community consultation is a bikeshedding exercise (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bikeshedding), and those who are either later on the scene (if I'm being charitable) or lacking billions of dollars and the ear of the CEO (if I'm not) aren't being given an opportunity to change the overall course of events. If people are angry, it's because they're disenfranchised. Perhaps you & others should consider correcting that, instead of complaining when people express their anger on the list. -- Duncan Bayne ph: +61 420817082 | web: http://duncan-bayne.github.com/ | skype: duncan_bayne I usually check my mail every 24 - 48 hours. If there's something urgent going on, please send me an SMS or call me at the above number.
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