- From: Duncan Bayne <dhgbayne@fastmail.fm>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:22:41 -0800
- To: Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com>
- Cc: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
> > I understand that. What I'm saying is that EME is simply not an > > acceptable addition to the Open Web, for reasons that have been > > explained in detail, and with some repetition, on this list already. > > Ok, but also I and others have explained with a similar level of > repetition and detail why we think it appropriate and valuable for W3C > to work on this. Sure. > It would be great if you could find one. What I am missing is what > help you realistically expect in that task ? Certainly, if I was aware > of such an alternative I would have no hesitation in proposing it or > helping to develop it, but I am not. Well, as I say, the actual requirements that lead to the proposal of EME would be a start. This is how it looks to those who don't agree that EME is a good fit with the Open Web: - 'big content' has certain requirements relating to preventing users copying data streams - they won't make those requirements public (as you've said, the agreements are confidential) - their licensees propose a technical solution that is unacceptable to many others because it necessitates the use of non-user-modifiable client components - all proposed alternatives (e.g. FOSS DRM, server-side watermarking, client-side watermarking, no DRM at all) are shot down as being either too expensive or inadequate to the (secret) requirements In a normal software project, I'd take an apparently insoluble conflict (the requirement for non-user-modifiable client components) to mean that we have done a poor job of determining requirements. Hence my request for either a real user to talk to (e.g. an MPAA rep) or the actual requirements docs, which you've told me are confidential. And *that* sets off my spidey-senses ... something is not quite right here. -- Duncan Bayne ph: +61 420817082 | web: http://duncan-bayne.github.com/ | skype: duncan_bayne I usually check my mail every 24 - 48 hours. If there's something urgent going on, please send me an SMS or call me.
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