Re: Forwarded Invite to Discussion of EME at the European Parliament, Oct. 15, 11:00-13:00 from David Singer on 2013-10-22 (public-restrictedmedia@w3.org from October 2013)

From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:30:36 -0700
To: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
Cc: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
Message-id: <E9AF1B77-4F7E-45A1-A5B8-59B00C4C0BE4@apple.com>

On Oct 21, 2013, at 17:25 , Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm> wrote:

>> Music has very different purchase, consumption, distribution, and pricing
>> patterns.  They are quite different markets.
> 
> That's true, but I don't see how it's relevant to whether DRM is
> compatible with the W3Cs stated goals, or not. 

It's being asserted that if music companies can let go of DRM, then everyone can.  Unfortunately, the markets for movies, TV shows, music, and images, are all different.

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.

Received on Tuesday, 22 October 2013 00:31:04 UTC