Duncan Bayne wrote: > The aim here is not to get > movie companies to abandon DRM, or discover a way of making > million-dollar movies on a shoestring budget. Likewise, it's not to > ensure that movie companies continue making a profit, or that I can > legally watch Futurama on my Linux laptop. > > The aim is to prevent the W3C compromising its values, and harming the > open web, by accepting DRM. > Fair enough, although others seem to be arguing some of those things. I think you could argue though that preventing a class of content from being on the open web is harmful to it. I.e. it reduces the utility of the open web for a use-case that affects a lot of users. Walled garden type technologies (plugins / appliances) benefit to the detriment of the open web. I can't say that will happen, but I do consider that a strong possibility. -Alastair
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