On Oct 8, 2013, at 13:27 , Duncan Bayne <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Once EME is an open standard that anyone can implement, everyone that 
>> actually can, will (highly probable). There will also be demand to 
>> protect other forms of content, like images, texts and anything really, 
>> why shouldn't there be ?  Maybe I'd like to display HD images on my 
>> photo gallery but need the guarantee that it is impossible to copy. I 
>> cannot see why it would be okay for videos and not still images, text 
>> and other forms of digital content.
> 
> Not just probable - people have already been asking for it.

Yes, they maybe will;  but we should consider each case on its merits; it's not 
an automatic slippery slope.

David Singer
Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.


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