On Aug 22, 2013, at 15:17 , Duncan Bayne <[email protected]> wrote:

>> What is IMO off-topic is Duncan's assertion that a rather broad category
>> of human rights assertions, a category which includes many
>> internationally recognized human rights, is not “legitimate”.
> 
> I was trying to make the point that human rights are not an agreed
> topic, either from a practical perspective, or a philosophical one.
> 
> I think that was on-topic for the discussion, since people were citing
> human rights as a reason to reject EME.  Personally, although I'm
> against EME, I don't buy that argument.  That's probably because of my
> position on human rights.


We probably don't need the bring the UN in, either;  I think that the problems 
of DRM with respect to (for example) US 'fair use' are recognized.

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.


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