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March 20, 2013 01:29 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/s3KhcNLDF7E/html5s-overseer-says-drms.html
HTML5's overseer says DRM's true purpose is to prevent legal forms of innovation
Ian Hickson, the googler who is overseeing the HTML5 standard at the W3C, has written a surprisingly frank piece on the role of DRM. As he spells out in detail, the point of DRM isn't to stop illegal copying, it's to stop legal forms of innovation from taking place. He shows that companies that deploy [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/s3KhcNLDF7E/html5s-overseer-says-drms.html
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