W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns

Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by admax88q on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:44AM (#15281858)

> It would be possible to create a browser that displays DRM content and ignores DRM.

The DMCA makes this illegal. No browser vendor is going to take that risk. Maybe some anonymous developers will release a firefox fork or similar, but that's a big risk. Not to mention, most groups who pirate content tend to keep their methods secret and only release the content.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by featherverse on Saturday September 23, 2017 @10:59AM (#15320020)

The only people who give a @!#$ about the DMCA are lawyers. It's going to be repealed eventually.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by rplnt on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @07:55AM (#15283780)

DMCA has no reach outside of USA.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by Mindwipe on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @02:11PM (#15287241)

But multiple regional equivalents exist.

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Re:W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns by zentiggr on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @09:19AM (#15284323)

Well, it didn't until TPP, and what's to stop more agreements pushed through closed channels to make it truly global?

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