Open Letter to European Commission: Stop DRM in HTML5

[Matthias Kirschner]

Hi all,

On today's "Day against DRM" we sent an open letter to the European
Commission
<https://fsfe.org/activities/drm/open-letter-ec-drm-html.en.html>,
asking the EC to prevent Digital Restrictions Management technology from
being closely integrated with the HTML5 standard.

The PR is available here:

https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140506-01.en.html

Best Regards,
Matthias

[Jack]

Post by Matthias Kirschner
Hi all,
On today's "Day against DRM" we sent an open letter to the European
Commission
<https://fsfe.org/activities/drm/open-letter-ec-drm-html.en.html>,
asking the EC to prevent Digital Restrictions Management technology from
being closely integrated with the HTML5 standard.
https://fsfe.org/news/2014/news-20140506-01.en.html

I think that might potentially produce cause for regret.

That is, if this appeal is successful, and the EC 'prevents' (how?) DRM
being closely integrated with HTML5, that would set a precedent for EU
legislators to interfere in internet standards.

Government (and inter-governmental bodies) are not well-equipped to
evaluate technical standards - they rely on advisors (and more to the
point, on lobbyists) to interpret them.

Surely the correct target for this letter would have been the WHATWG and
the W3C?

[Hugo Roy]

Surely the correct target for this letter would have been the WHATWG and the
W3C?

Because you mean the W3C is less subject to the powerful financial
influence of tech companies such as Microsoft and Google?

;-)
--
Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org>
Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal>
Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr>

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