Re: What change could we make? (was Re: Letter on DRM in HTML)

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On Jun 27, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Hugo Roy <hugo@fsfe.org> wrote:

> + 2013-06-26 Wed 20:32, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>:
>
>> In fact, the technologies we're discussing are widely deployed without
>> legal challenge. Not taking sides involves bringing the positive influence
>> of the standardization process to any technology that is relevant and which
>> has support amongst our members, within the policies are procedures we have
>> established.
>
> This is not true.
>
> The DRM technology in DVD has brought legal challenges in France
> (regarding issue of relying on copyright exception to make private
> copies).
>
> DVD-CSS has brought legal challenges in Finland regarding
> technological measure circumvention. Under EU law, only
> _effective_ technological measures are protected from (some kind
> of) circumvention. In Finland, the court decided DVD-CSS was not
> effective and thus could be circumvented with no problem (but I
> think there were different outcomes in the US).
>
> The current DRM technologies in BluRay are bringing multiple
> challenges in France, as the VLC media player tries to act
> lawfully by not infringing any right while being able to play
> BluRays.
>
> And I'm sure there are many more.

I was referring to DRM technologies deployed today on the web. Sorry
for not being clearer.

...Mark

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