- From: Innovimax W3C <innovimax+w3c@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 10:30:20 +0200
- To: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
- Cc: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>, Dominique Hazael-Massieux <dom@w3.org>, public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Thanks Mark for this detailled answer It seems like the ORBX announcement [ https://brendaneich.com/2013/05/today-i-saw-the-future/ ] could help have a more broader discussion on what kind of realistic achievements are possible in general and how DRM could have an HTML5 friendly reincarnation. Mohamed On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Innovimax W3C <innovimax+w3c@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> It seems we're probably taking the problem from the wrong end >> >> Can we see and describe what be people want to achieve and see how we >> can solve it. >> >> It seems to me like talking about DRM is the wrong side of the equation >> >> If we could achieve to get the list of what people want to do (or want >> to limit) we probably be able to have a bigger picture that may or may >> not give an answer > > > Of course you are right, but unfortunately - at least at the level I think > you mean - that's a big "if". > > What's clearly understood is that if the existing DRM solutions can be > integrated with HTML5 then this can meet the requirements of content > providers. But I think you are asking for the functional requirements of the > content providers. (And you don't want the answer "whatever the existing DRM > solutions provide"). > > It's a worthy aim to distill this down. Perhaps there are solutions which > are simpler than what we have today and which mitigate some of the other > concerns. But I'd guess that is a multi-year project during which different > solutions are developed and proven (or not) to work in practice through > actual deployment. > > There's the obvious high-level requirement that it must be difficult to > obtain a playable copy of the media, for example in the form of a regular > unprotected mp4 file. For use-cases where the license is time-limited (for > example rental or subscription) it must be difficult to play the content > after the expiry of the license or the end of the playback session. If the > license contains other requirements (such as output protection) it must be > difficult to override these. But the devil is in the details of "how > difficult", exactly what measures are sufficient and other issues like > revocation. The people who have solved those problems - including actually > fathoming out what is/is not acceptable to content providers - are exactly > the people who offer commercial DRM solutions today. > > ...Mark > >> >> My two cents >> >> Mohamed >> >> -- >> Innovimax SARL >> Consulting, Training & XML Development >> 9, impasse des Orteaux >> 75020 Paris >> Tel : +33 9 52 475787 >> Fax : +33 1 4356 1746 >> http://www.innovimax.fr >> RCS Paris 488.018.631 >> SARL au capital de 10.000 € >> > -- Innovimax SARL Consulting, Training & XML Development 9, impasse des Orteaux 75020 Paris Tel : +33 9 52 475787 Fax : +33 1 4356 1746 http://www.innovimax.fr RCS Paris 488.018.631 SARL au capital de 10.000 €
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