Re: I strongly urge all supporters to reconsider the EME proposal. It is not in your best interests! from B. Ross Ashley on 2013-05-20 (public-restrictedmedia@w3.org from May 2013)

From: B. Ross Ashley <brashley46@tfnet.ca>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:23 -0400
To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-ID: <519A70AB.1050608@tfnet.ca>

On 13-05-20 11:22 AM, Hugo Roy wrote:
> The fact is, with EME, users are not free any more: the CDM
> controls what they can do; and the CDM can claim to have more
> power than copyright-holders are legally entitled to. This is an
> affront to every ordinary user.
Right ... especially in countries whose copyright laws differ from those 
prevailing in the United States, such as my own. It should be made clear 
to vendors/lessors that if they wish to do business in any country they 
must and will be made to conform to the laws of that country.

-- 
B. Ross Ashley
registered Linux user 548111

Received on Monday, 20 May 2013 18:51:56 UTC