On Fri 26/Apr/2013 21:59:52 +0200 Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > 3. EME should have a very low or zero cost of entry for a content provider. > Quoting from a commenter on The Register: > "The DRM mechanism must allow *individuals* (or small groups) a > low-cost low-hassle way to use it. That's because the way to destroy > the various evil DRM empires is not to steal content - it's to allow > creators to manage the sale of their own creations without needing a > big bad bloodsucker to "help" them. That means a DRM system that anybody > can use to protect their own stuff." A DRM add-on that individuals or small groups use to protect their stuff seems to be a chimera. Manu Sporny [1] points out that even Microsoft is unable to support Silverlight on Internet Explorer 8 on older versions of their operating system and the latest version of Chrome on certain versions of Windows and Mac. Can small groups be expected to do better? A comparison with youtube suggests that yet another software barrier is not what small media producers really need. [1] http://manu.sporny.org/2013/drm-in-html5/ -- If you haven't done so already, please sign the FSF petition: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5