- From: Nikos Roussos <comzeradd@mozilla-community.org>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 01:28:51 +0300
- To: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
- CC: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>,Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org>,Norbert Bollow <nb@bollow.ch>,Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>,"public-restrictedmedia@w3.org" <public-restrictedmedia@w3.org>,"coordinators@igcaucus.org" <coordinators@igcaucus.org>
Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote: >Sent from my iPhone > >On Jun 21, 2013, at 7:35 AM, Nikos Roussos ><comzeradd@mozilla-community.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2013-06-21 at 02:42 -0400, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: >>> Nikos's statement "... EME [...] contradicts with Open Web >principles" >>> is rousing but doesn't say which principles those are nor >>> how they are necessarily contradicted. >>> >>> One principle of the open web is "anyone can publish", >>> Can we design an EME system where that is true, and anyone can >>> publish content using it? >> >> Also "anyone can consume", regardless of "their hardware, software, >> network infrastructure (...)" >> >> So for start that's one principle of Open Web (and W3's own mission) >> that EME is contradicting, since it seems that it will require users >to >> trust binary blobs from content providers in order to be functional. >> >> Another principle that DRM contradicts is that it disregards consumer >> rights. Quoting Norbert Bollow from a previous email: "rights that >> people have as a matter of law as soon as they have legal access to a >> digital good" > >I am not a lawyer, so I am wary of stepping into an area in which I do >not have expertise, but just as a personal opinion and as a matter of >logic it seems the situation cannot be as black-and-white legally as >stated above. If so, there would surely be numerous legal challenges >to the widespread use of DRM. If it is indeed a 'right ... as a matter >of law' there should be cases upholding that right and striking down >the use of DRM. That's not to say there is no public interest in the >effectiveness of limitations on copyright, just that it is a balance >not a black-and-white thing. Did I miss something ? Or, are you >arguing that you believe this is clear, legally, but there isn't a >complete legal consensus on that ? Additionally to what others already mentioned, you could check the "Concerns from the European Parliament" thread, regarding legal issues and user rights possible undermined by EME.
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