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.
