Re: Netflix HTML5 player in IE 11 on Windows 8.1

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> > You may be interested in our announcement with Microsoft today:
> >
> http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/06/html5-video-in-ie-11-on-windows-81.html
>
> Leaving aside the use of propaganda terms ("premium content") I take
> issue with one statement in the release: "We look forward to these APIs
> being available on all browsers."
>
> What a crock.  AFAICT, everyone on this list agrees that in practice,
> CDMs won't be compatible with FSF licences.
>

As I've explained multiple times, anyone could build a CDM that makes use
of platform capabilities, as indeed the one Microsoft is shipping does.
There's no reason in principle why such a CDM could not be Free Software,
as far as I am aware.

What browsers implement and ship is up to them and we've every reason to
believe that browsers will want to support these APIs in order to enable
their users to access what we call "premium" content (on the basis that
it's only available if you pay for it - I don't really see how that's
propaganda).

...Mark


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