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

From: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:03:25 -0700
To: "B. Ross Ashley" <brashley46@tfnet.ca>
Cc: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-ID: <CAEnTvdDUCHbm-nCn6vCn-Awi9MCB1JxCpyoEdmBVhLF58U-2Hw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, B. Ross Ashley <brashley46@tfnet.ca>wrote:

> On 13-05-20 11:49 AM, Mark Watson wrote:
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>> Are you claiming that the terms of service of some or all services
>> that require DRM are illegal ? I would think that could be taken up in
>> the courts.
>>
> Depending on the jurisdiction, they could be. Please do not make the
> mistake of assuming copyright laws are or ought to be uniform worldwide.


Of course. My point was that what is or is not legal in a given country is
something that service providers need to watch out for, not something we
need to debate here.

...Mark


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