- From: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
- Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 17:10:22 -0700
- To: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
- Cc: David Singer <singer@apple.com>, public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
> > > well, nor is it the W3C's position to break them -- insist that they go > > > bankrupt -- in order to satisfy some idea of purity, either. > > > > No-one is suggesting that the W3C force anyone to go bankrupt. All > > we're saying is that it's not the W3Cs job to help prop up their > > business models at the expense of their mission. > > > > There are already DRM 'solutions' based upon Silverlight, Flash and many > > other proprietary plugins and app-store apps. Those won't go away if > > the W3C refuses to play ball. > > > > True enough. And users who want to watch DRM-protected content, despite > the DRM, will be worse off for it. Users who reject DRM will see no > difference either way. Quite possibly. But making the lives of DRM users better is not part of the W3Cs mission; in fact, it is in direct conflict with it in many ways. -- Duncan Bayne ph: +61 420817082 | web: http://duncan-bayne.github.com/ | skype: duncan_bayne I usually check my mail every 24 - 48 hours. If there's something urgent going on, please send me an SMS or call me.
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