The petition delivery from the Free Software Foundation was just the beginning.
We'll leave the petition up, so that concerned Internet users can continue to voice opposition to the proposal -- although we delivered a large batch today, signatures continue to come in by the minute. In the coming weeks, the FSF and other Internet freedom organizations will meet with W3C to express our concerns in more detail.
Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a formal objection to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a draft proposal from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie Web innovation and block access to content for people across the globe.
EFF filed this objection as its first act as a full member of W3C. EFF's goal is to broaden the discussion of the consequences of accepting DRM-based proposals like EME for the future of the Web.
EFF Senior Staff Technologist Seth Schoen:
"The EME proposal needs to be seen for what it is: a creation that will shut out open source developers and competition, throw away interoperability, and lock in legacy business models. This is the opposite of the fair use model that gave birth to the Web."
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Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a formal objection to the inclusion of digital rights management (DRM) in HTML5, arguing that a draft proposal from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) could stymie Web innovation and block access to content for people across the globe.
EFF filed this objection as its first act as a full member of W3C. EFF's goal is to broaden the discussion of the consequences of accepting DRM-based proposals like EME for the future of the Web.
EFF Senior Staff Technologist Seth Schoen:
EFF's full formal objection
EFF on why the fight against DRM in HTML5 standard matters
We should be worried and support these campaigns.
Nokia 5110 > 3310 > 6230 > N70 > N9 BLACK 64GB
Hildon Foundation Board member
Maemo Community e.V. co-creator, founder and director since Q4/2016
Current Maemo Community Council member