+- Sinisterly (https://sinister.li)
+-- Forum: General (https://sinister.li/Forum-General)
+--- Forum: World News (https://sinister.li/Forum-World-News)
+--- Thread: Tim Berners-Lee Approves Web DRM (/Thread-Tim-Berners-Lee-Approves-Web-DRM)
Tim Berners-Lee Approves Web DRM - Ecks - 07-08-2017
A high controversial Web standard has received a seal of approval from Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web and its chief technical decision-maker. Opponents like the Free Software Foundation and Electronic Frontier Foundation say that the standard, Encrypted Media Extensions, is a step backwards for freedom, privacy, and a host of other rights on the Web.
There's still a two-week window in which members of the W3C can appeal the decision, and the Free Software Foundation is asking people to email and encourage them to do so.
The W3C has announced that it would publish its DRM standard with no protections and no compromises at all.
Read More @ https://defectivebydesign.org/blog/tim_bernerslee_approves_web_drm_w3c_member_organizations_have_two_weeks_appeal
And More @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/07/amid-unprecedented-controversy-w3c-greenlights-drm-web