[Novalug] EFF to Security Researchers: Tell the W3C To Protect Researchers Who Investigate Browsers

John Franklin franklin@elfie.org
Wed Mar 30 19:39:12 EDT 2016


On Mar 30, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Bryan Smith via Novalug <novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> Dan Arico wrote:
>> I don't have a problem with letting the market develop the standards.
>> In fact, I don't see any better way. Generally, standards that are
>> imposed from above just cause more problems than they solve.
> 
> Which is why the DRM facilities being designed for HTML5 are exciting,
> because they put the control _back_ in the hands of the individual IP
> holder.  They choose, not just 1-2 big, proprietary vendors.
> 
> The key is to avoid the non-sense that often happens, where people
> "clam up" and "kick out" _all_ parties wanting something.
> 
> Because then the 1-2 big ones then implement a proprietary solution,
> market the hell out of it, and then push it on everyone ...
> undermining the open standard, which is often incomplete, because the
> arrogance of people who marginalize _all_ parties wanting something.
> 
> Leaving the 1-2 big ones to dominate, outside the standard.  That's
> what everyone is trying to avoid here.


E.g., Amazon's Mobi and Adobe's Digital Editions.

jf
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