Hi Jeff, Not sure why but I received a
> Comments disabled > Comments on this blogs have been disabled. When commenting on http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/05/perspectives_on_encrypted_medi.html So here on [email protected]: >Principled arguments for content protection begin by pointing out that the Web >should be capable of hosting all kinds of content and that it must be possible >to compensate creative work. Without content protection, owners of premium >video content - driven by both their economic goals and their responsibilities >to others - will simply deprive the Open Web of key content. There is an issue in these two lines. It collapses a lot of contexts in many ways. It makes it hard to understand the point which is being made. Let me try to reduce to facts: * It is possible **today** to compensate people **making** (doers) creative work on the Web. * The Web can host all kinds of content. * It is possible to pay for content online. (not necessary in the most practical way, but possible) * Owners of content are not necessary the makers of creative work. * Owners of content today uses some proprietary technologies (such as Flash) and some of open Web technologies (such as HTTP) to deliver content. When you say: * **premium video**, do you mean "hollywood-type" movies, TV Programs, etc.? Basically, what is called the entertainment **industry**. My difficulty with the two sentences is that it mixed up the notion of "creative work" (work of artists in the collective mind) with "contents owners" of the entertainment industry. There are two separate issues and with different contexts at play if we talk about literature, music, cinema, object design (3d printing), etc. * Could you clarify who (industry, type of professions, areas of business) is pushing for it? * Could you clarify what you meant by "content owner", "creative work" and how "content protection mechanisms" help/do not help each of these categories? * Could you also venture on the social consequences as large of content protection mechanisms? (accessibility comes to mind, archival is another one, stability is another, etc. Helping or Making it worse.) Thanks. -- Karl Dubost http://www.la-grange.net/karl/
