Re: Is EME usable regardless of the software/hardware I use ?

On Mon, 2013-06-10 at 15:20 +0200, Emmanuel Revah wrote:
> On 2013/06/10 04:47, Jeff Jaffe wrote:
> > On 6/9/2013 2:20 PM, Joshua Gay wrote:
> 
> [..]
> 
> >> 1. Copyright violations (sharing, etc) are a threat to the model
> >> 
> >> One reason the business model needs copy restrictions (aka content
> >> protection) is because a significant enough number of users will 
> >> violate
> >> the copyright on the work. This means a lot of people (who otherwise
> >> would pay) aren't paying for a work.
> >> 
> >> In the United States and in many other countries with strong 
> >> democratic
> >> traditions, there are powerful laws and justice systems to enforce 
> >> those
> >> laws around copyright. When violating those laws, a person is taking
> >> part in criminal behaviour.
> >> 
> >> So, when the W3C does work that is to support a business model like
> >> this, they are also giving support to the assumption that a 
> >> significant
> >> portion of the public are likely to take part in criminal behaviour.
> > 
> > I think this statement is a little strong.  Noone would say that a
> > company that provides house alarms assumes that a significant portion
> > of the public are likely to take part in criminal behavior. Rather,
> > they would say that a significant portion of the public has a desire
> > to protect their homes.
> 
> 
> The house alarm is used to warn/protect against people who are not 
> authorised to enter the home whereas DRM is used against identified and 
> authorised users.
> 
> EME/DRM is more comparable to an alarm designed to protect home owners 
> against their own guests.

Actually it's even worse, since in many countries someone that purchases
a book or a dvd is consider to be the owner of this object. Not just a
user (a "guest" reader or viewer).

Received on Monday, 10 June 2013 18:10:45 UTC