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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by higherpurpose on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:24PM (#7055366)
> What are they thinking? The majority of the W3C membership want this work done, and the W3C is ultimately bound by its membership.

When they accept organizations like MPAA on their board, no surprise this is the sort of decisions we get, and the sort of decisions we can expect for the web standards from now on.

W3C has been corrupted, and it's only going to get worse for the web if people keep listening to them.

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Re:Requirements for DRM in HTML are confidential by duncan_bayne on Monday January 13, 2014 @11:32PM (#7055392)
No, it's perfectly reasonable that the MPAA be allowed membership. It'd be worse if the W3C got to choose who could join.

The issue is the 'crisis of representation' - i.e., some voices are heard more clearly than others.

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