Re: Principles (was RE: Is EME usable regardless of the software/hardware I use ?)

On Jun 14, 2013 12:36 PM, "Karl Dubost" <karl@la-grange.net> wrote:
>
> Henri Sivonen [2013-06-14T02:58]:
> > In that case, the compliance rules
> > of the DRM applied to the soundtrack become accessibility-relevant.
>
> It's not a property of DRM, it is a consequence which can happen in other
circumstances with any obfuscation systems, even a simple base64 or rot13.
It's why I'm saying it's unrelated. It's not a very good axis of discussion.

You make DRM seem like a technical barrier. My point was that it's a
*legal* barrier. Reverse engineering around base64 for compatibility and
reverse engineering around DRM are undertakings with different *legal*
properties.