[aklug] Fwd: Stepping it up as W3C takes the next step towards the Hollyweb

Update on the battle against DRM in Web standards, from FSF.

I was actually going to donate a few dollars to FSF to support the
cause... but then I figured, heck! Why not buy something from their
E-store instead? So I bought the printed version of "An Introduction to
Programming in Emacs Lisp".

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Subject: Stepping it up as W3C takes the next step towards the Hollyweb
Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 20:25:52 -0400
From: DefectiveByDesign.org <info@defectivebydesign.org>
Reply-To: DefectiveByDesign.org <info@defectivebydesign.org>
To: Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com>

Stop the Hollyweb! No DRM in HTML5.
<http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5>

Things are escalating, Christopher

Last Friday, we made a powerful statement to the W3C by delivering the
verified signatures of over 22,500 people
<https://www.defectivebydesign.org/oscar-awarded-w3c-in-the-hollyweb>
against Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), Big Media's proposal to
incorporate DRM support into HTML. Today the W3C advanced EME one step
further in their approval process, to "first public working draft." This
doesn't mean we've lost, but it shows that the media and software
companies behind EME are not giving up, and that we need to keep pushing.

We published a press release
<https://www.fsf.org/news/world-wide-web-consortium-takes-next-step-with-controversial-drm-proposal-defective-by-design-condemns-decision>
today condemning W3C's move and promising to release an in-depth
rebuttal to the shallow arguments
<http://www.w3.org/QA/2013/05/perspectives_on_encrypted_medi.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=statusnet>
that W3C CEO Jim Jaffe is using as justification for EME.

While we get ready to publish our rebuttal, there are two things you can
do to help us keep the pressure on:

Donate to Defective by Design through the FSF. $15 or $30 is enough to
help fuel our growing campaigns team and keep us on the offensive
against the well-funded corporate lobbyists gunning for DRM.
<https://my.fsf.org/donate?amount=30>

Join the W3C's public discussion list for EME and make your opinion
heard. Follow this link and click "[subscribe to this list]" in the
"Mail actions" line. /Remember, calm but strong statements are more
powerful than nasty criticism./
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-media/> For
inspiration, check out the the joint letter
<https://www.defectivebydesign.org/sign-on-against-drm-in-html>
Defective by Design and 26 other organizations wrote against EME.

This is shaping up to be one of the biggest disputes in the W3C's
history, and for good reason. Incorporating DRM support into HTML would
cause a lot of problems for users of the Web, from damaged software
freedom to even more accessibility problems for users with disabilities.
That's why we are going to keep finding ways to show the W3C that they
need to represent the Web-using public, not just Netflix. Please donate
and join the discussion list.

Zak Rogoff
Campaigns Manager

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