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Reject DRM and You Risk Walling Off Parts of the Web, Says W3C Chief

Posted by timothy on from the interesting-way-to-think-about-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Web technologies need to support DRM-protected media to reduce the risk of parts of the web being walled off, the chief executive of the web standards body W3C has told ZDNet. Dr Jeff Jaffe, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium, says proposals to provide a hook for DRM-protected media within HTML, via Encrypted Media Extensions, are necessary to help prevent scenarios such as movie studios removing films from the web in a bid to protect them from piracy."

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  1. Good. by Tough+Love · · Score: 2, Funny

    Similarly, it is a good idea to wall off some parts of a city that is infested with bubonic plague.

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    When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
  2. Good by h4rr4r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good, let them wall themselves off.

  3. how does the saying go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    removing anything off the internet is like trying to take the pee out of the pool