Re: Cory Doctorow: W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards, says it's OK for your browser to say "I can't let you do that, Dave" [via Restricted Media Community Group] from Duncan Bayne on 2013-10-08 (public-restrictedmedia@w3.org from October 2013)

From: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 16:56:03 -0700
Cc: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-Id: <1381276563.13919.31687781.37672EFF@webmail.messagingengine.com>

> ah, because Hawaiians can propel canoes using paddles, they are a viable
> means of propelling anything, including super-tankers.  Yes,
> crowd-sourcing can and has worked in some cases, and pre-sales can and
> have, and so on.  It's a great *addition* to the ways of remunerating
> creators, but it's not a replacement.

Agreed.
 
> Yes, indeed, and that's great.  But it's not all content creators that
> can or are willing to go that way.

Obviously.  But it's not the W3Cs job to break the WWW to accommodate
those who aren't willing.

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