Re: Forwarded Invite to Discussion of EME at the European Parliament, Oct. 15, 11:00-13:00 from cobaco on 2013-10-15 (public-restrictedmedia@w3.org from October 2013)

From: cobaco <cobaco@freemen.be>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:55:12 +0200
To: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-ID: <15357447.7DxBndAoCm@lappie>

On 2013-10-14 13:07 Duncan Bayne wrote:
> > I also thought that Glenn's message was a little much, but he has a
> > point.  We spend almost no time debating the actual issues with EME, or
> > finding better ways to address the needs, and a great deal being
> > distracted by orthogonal, irrelevant, issues and questions of 'taste' --
> > which is frustrating.
> 
> David - it may be frustrating for *you*, but that's because the
> discussions we are having are about whether 'content protection' is
> something the W3C should even be involved in.  We do not want to
> 'address the needs' because we consider them anathema to the goals of
> the W3C.
> 
> This is the discussion that never happened before it was declared in
> scope.
> 
> This is the discussion that I presume Apple, Netflix et al would rather
> didn't happen.  I certainly get that sense from your frustration.

+1
-- 
Cheers

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