On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Harry Halpin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This is a way of getting multiple incompatible DRM implementations hooked 
>> into what is meant to be a free and open standard.
>>
>> I'd rather it was cooked up well away from the open web. That would be good.
>
> So, you'd rather have Google and Microsoft cook this up and then just put it 
> in your browser without any oversight? Then, de facto, its part of the Web 
> and helps the close the Web down.
>
> Possibly not a good idea.

Already done.

And they can continue to do that.

Hooked into what is meant to be a free and open standard just gives
them political cover and maybe lowers their implementation costs. Why
in the world would it be a good idea to facilitate either?

> In the W3C, people can at least object and there's a well-understood process. 
> And I would object as a person, as I imagine many others would.

Well, object then. ;-)

Mike
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