Re:W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards
by toyg on Thursday October 03, 2013 @07:38PM
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Much smaller, I don't think. It will still have to grab the screen and render directly onto it. It's basically the same thing a regular plugin would do except a little bit of identity validation, from what I understand.
Technically speaking it's almost the same as the status quo, but a little bit of DRM principles have now been enshrined in the foundations of our web. Depending on what your view of DRM is, of course, this is good news or bad news; but from a technical point of view, it changes very, very little.
Re:W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards
by jeltz on Friday October 04, 2013 @07:12AM
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Indeed, this changes nothing technically. But what it does is harm the idea that standards should promote the the open web. You may or may not agree to this idea of course.
Technically speaking it's almost the same as the status quo, but a little bit of DRM principles have now been enshrined in the foundations of our web. Depending on what your view of DRM is, of course, this is good news or bad news; but from a technical point of view, it changes very, very little.