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]

> What do you mean by "go forward"? The working group is entitled to
> proceed with its efforts to develop an extension specification, as the
> discussion is in-scope for HTML. Whether it gets approved as a W3C
> Recommendation -- and how it gets changed or improved along the way --
> are still open questions. This group is part of the ongoing discussion.

Sorry, perhaps I should have been more specific.

'Content protection' was decided as being in-scope without any
consultation, and I've been told be several people (including the CEO,
if I understand him correctly) that that decision was made before any
public consultation on EME, and is not itself up for consultation or
debate. 

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Received on Wednesday, 9 October 2013 21:01:47 UTC