W3C Approves the EME Standard for DRM-Protected Video
“Web creator Tim Berners-Lee and W3C project manager Philippe Le Hégaret write that they believe EME is better for accessibility, because it complies with other web accessibility standards, and that having DRM support built into the web, instead of requiring plugins, makes life easier for browser developers,” notes The Verge. They also state that, with regard to protections for security researchers, they “didn’t want to hold up the standard just because all parties couldn’t come to agreement on this issue.”
The Verge notes that the disagreement boils down to a difference in philosophy. Whereas the EFF doesn’t like DRM and “would like to see a much more open solution … W3C seems to have decided that since DRM is going to get used anyway, the web may as well standardize and avoid security horrors like Flash.”
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