Letter on DRM in HTML from the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus

This is the text of a letter that has been formally sent to W3C.


The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus supports the Electronic
Frontier Foundation concerns regarding DRM in HTML5


Dear Jeff Jaffe and everyone at W3C

The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) endorses and supports
the formal objection lodged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
<https://www.eff.org/pages/drm/w3c-formal-objection-html-wg> .

We believe that the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in
HTML5 has the potential to stifle innovation and seriously compromise
the rights of end users; for these reasons particularly, we object to
the inclusion of DRM in HTML5.

We fully endorse the arguments raised by the EFF in their statement
"EFF's Formal Objection to the HTML WG Draft Charter".

Best regards 
on behalf of the Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus

/s/ Norbert Bollow and Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro
(Coordinators)

Internet Governance Caucus
http://igcaucus.org/
coordinators@igcaucus.org


About the Internet Governance Caucus

The policies that shape the Internet impact not only the development of
the technologies themselves, but also the realization of internationally
agreed human rights, social equity and interdependence, cultural
concerns, and both social and economic development. Our vision is that
Internet governance should be inclusive, people centered and development
oriented. Our contributions to the various forums relevant to Internet
governance, will strive to ensure an information society which better
enables equal opportunity and freedom for all.

Received on Friday, 14 June 2013 23:50:30 UTC