Re: Forwarded Invite to Discussion of EME at the European Parliament, Oct. 15, 11:00-13:00

On Oct 16, 2013, at 4:15 , Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@hsivonen.fi> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:50 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
>>> on a practical level for implementers it achieves the exact same result as
>>> patents without a license grant,
>>> as such it does an end-run around standing W3C policy, i.e. it is a trojan
>>> horse.
>> 
>> No more than any other plug-in.
> 
> Saying "other plug-in" implies that CDMs are like plug-ins. The ones
> deployed so far are not. Both the PlayReady CDM on Windows 8.1 and the
> Widevine CDM on Chrome OS are bundled with the operating system (and
> work with a browser that is also bundled with the operating system).
> 
> So far, we haven't seen a deployed CDM that is like a plug-in in terms
> of the distribution model.


True, but I would expect that if OMA PDCF ever got traction, or as the Ultraviolet ecosystem grows, we might see a change there.

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Wednesday, 16 October 2013 16:48:02 UTC