Howdy, On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 05:56:56PM +1000, Ben Sturmfels wrote:

Agenda:

- DRM in HTML 5

EME (Encrypted Media Extensions) is not a built-in DRM scheme; it's a standard interface to DRM schemes in general. Google and the like are using the excuse "It's not DRM" when it is just a technicality that doesn't actually make any difference from an end-user perspective. EME requires "content decryption modules", or CDMs (expected to typically be a proprietary binary blob) to handle the actually decryption. I thought I'd post a few links that I've found useful while looking into this topic, in case anyone else wants to do some light reading before the meet-up. Slashdot: W3C Declares DRM In-Scope For HTML http://slashdot.org/story/13/02/12/014257/w3c-declares-drm-in-scope-for-html W3C: Encrypted Media Extensions Working Draft https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/html-media/raw-file/tip/encrypted-media/encrypted-med... EEF: Defend the Open Web - Keep DRM Out of W3C Standards https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/defend-open-web-keep-drm-out-w3c-stand... Slashdot: Netflix Using HTML5 Video For ARM Chromebook http://slashdot.org/story/13/03/11/2155219/netflix-using-html5-video-for-arm... "Recently Google enabled the much controversial DRM support for HTML5 in Chrome OS to bring services like Netflix to Chromebooks using HTML5." The technology is already in use and is being heavily pushed by Google and Netflix (obviously) as well as apparently Apple and Microsoft. We need to ensure Mozilla does not cave (as they did with H.264). Slashdot: Netflix wants to go HTML5 but not without DRM http://slashdot.org/story/13/04/16/1228245/netflix-wants-to-go-html5-but-not... W3C: Bugzilla - #20960 EME is not limited to video, reported by Fred Andrews https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20960 This is particularly interesting (and scary) - definitely worth a look. Defective by Design: No DRM in HTML5 http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5 W3C wiki: Digital Rights Management (also maintained by Fred Andrews) http://www.w3.org/community/pua/wiki/Digital_Rights_Management Hacker News: Tell W3C: We don't want the Hollyweb https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5422890 See pyalot2's post near the top for more insight on why this is a bad idea. Cheers, Adam