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Proposed Video Copy Protection Scheme For HTML5 Raises W3C Ire
suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: "A new Web standard proposal authored by Google, Microsoft, and Netflix seeks to bring copy protection mechanisms to the Web. The Encrypted Media Extensions draft defines a framework for enabling the playback of protected media content in the Web browser. The proposal is controversial and has raised concern among some parties that are participating in the standards process. In a discussion on the W3C HTML mailing list, critics questioned whether the proposed framework would really provide the level of security demanded by content providers. The aim of the proposal is not to mandate a complete DRM platform, but to provide the necessary components for a generic key-based content decryption system. It is designed to work with pluggable modules that implement the actual decryption mechanisms."
And the internet is for unlocked content.
They should stop trying to break the internet and go somewhere else where they can be happy.
Who says so? You? Isn't it kinda ironic that you try to tell others how to use the internet while being mad when they try to do the same?
I hope they don't, because I'm very happy with the current movie offerings. I just saw In Time and it was great movie. I doubt something like that could be made with amateurs. I was happy to pay for it, because it gave me good value and I know making good entertainment costs a lot of money.
Why don't you go fuck yourself, you asshole MPAA shill. You're not welcome here.
-- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
Dear Wowsers,
The Internet is not yours either, but if you leave us and the millions of people who enjoy our content alone, then none of this will affect you anyway.
Thanks,
The people who actually make the content
PS: If you want our content but not locked down so you can do things you aren't supposed to with it, please take the money you were never going to give us anyway because you're just another worthless pirate that way ----> /dev/null
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
In Finland downloading was legal and uploading was illegal before something like 2003-2004. As the problem got out hand they changed both to be illegal. And how do I know? Because I'm Finnish. This is same for many other European countries.
(replying from new account because assholes in this thread downmodded me unfairly as "troll" or "flamebait" and caused me inability to answer.. slashdot, meh, as usual)
Of course there are more people enjoying crappy movies than those standing for their rights. It's the 21st century. None of the people in the US of A have known war on their soil, have known hunger and a great repression, none have known a repressing regime. So they don't know.
And apparently you're one of them.
I could live my life without watching anything HOLLYWOOD produces. I don't, but I will NEVER use any platform that endorses DRM *ever*
Because I want to be the master of what I watch, not someone else.
And last, DRM are just forcing people to use piracy, nothing else. It's been that way since the beginning of DRM and it will not stop. DRM enables piracy because DRM is doomed to begin with - since it's ultimate goal is to prevent people from watching the very thing they're trying to watch through DRM!!! When will they learn?
So you're basically saying that you're so much more intelligent than anyone else and they're stupid? That's really wise and social. Oh, I'm sure you're so much better than anyone else.