- From: Emmanuel Revah <stsil@manurevah.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:36:35 +0200
- To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
On 2013/06/07 01:38, Jeff Jaffe wrote: > On 6/6/2013 5:47 PM, Joshua Gay wrote: >> Dear Jeff, >> >> I would like to get your response to my argument in my previous email >> -- >> that the purpose of EME is to deny a user access to data and therefore >> this goes against the fundamental mission of EME. > > I don't think I agree with this characterization. > > First, I believe that most people would agree that there is nothing > wrong with access control. So denying a user access to data does not > go against any fundamental mission of W3C. People don't object to > access control. They object to the particular way that access control > is performed with DRM. I agree with this. My objection doesn't come from denying access to content, it comes from the desire to control the user's browser by altering and/or limiting its functions. This alone should be a reason the not want to consider EME as part of the Open Web, unless "Open Web" should now mean something else. -- Emmanuel Revah http://manurevah.com
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