Re:EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5
by duncan_bayne on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @08:19PM
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> OK, I am gonna catch hell for this, but there is one major
> reason for having DRM in HTML 5. NetFlix.
The W3Cs proposal will not bring NetFlix to Linux. What they - the W3C and Netflix - are proposing is a standardised interface between Javascript and CDMs.
CDM vendors, like Netflix, will be under no compulsion to provide CDMs for other platforms. And they won't.
> reason for having DRM in HTML 5. NetFlix.
The W3Cs proposal will not bring NetFlix to Linux. What they - the W3C and Netflix - are proposing is a standardised interface between Javascript and CDMs.
CDM vendors, like Netflix, will be under no compulsion to provide CDMs for other platforms. And they won't.