Re: Is EME usable regardless of the software/hardware I use ? from Duncan Bayne on 2013-06-11 (public-restrictedmedia@w3.org from June 2013)

From: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:06:56 -0700
To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-Id: <1370912816.12523.140661242356185.1B847AA0@webmail.messagingengine.com>

> Hypothetically, if the spec were approved, I don't know that approving a 
> Common APIs to CDMs would fairly be called "content protection outweighs 
> fair use denial".  It is far more complicated than that slogan.

I don't see how it's more complicated than one binary question: are
there any DRM systems in use by Hollywood that allow users to access the
content they 'protect' for purposes of fair use?

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