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Will Google Oppose DRM On HTML5 Video?

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 20, 2011 @06:29AM from the we-aint-for-it-we're-agin-it dept.

An anonymous reader let us know that "Mozilla has committed to not implement DRM in Firefox for WebM HTML5 video even though it is theoretically possible. Microsoft has asked Google and the WebM community several other questions that still have not been answered, but this one seems more important: will Google commit to keeping WebM in Chrome DRM-free? Does our community think that is important for the open web and free software?"

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Re:H.264 by El_Muerte_TDS · 2011-02-20 07:06 · Score: 4, Interesting

WinAmp is open source now? Did I miss that new item on /.?
How to VLC, MediaPlayerClassic, etc. do it? They simply accept the possible patent lawsuits. There isn't anything to get from those components, because there is no company behind it with a lot of money.