April 11, 2017 11:33 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/mw8CdEiirCs/protecting-user-rights.html
MEP to Commission: World Wide Web Consortium's DRM is a danger to Europeans
German Member of the European Parliament Julia Reda (previously) has published an open-letter signed by UK MEP Lucy Anderson, raising alarm at the fact that the W3C is on the brink of finalising a DRM standard for web video, which -- thanks to crazy laws protecting DRM -- will leave users at risk of unreported security vulnerabilities, and also prevent third parties from adapting browsers for the needs of disabled people, archivists, and the wider public. (more…)
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