The Creds Foundation is expressing its strong objection to the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) being recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). We are making public our official stance against the Ethereum Foundation W3C endorsing the EME recommendations
As As part of the W3C, users have access to the following: Ethereum Foundation Contribution to the development of standards. Votings on issues like the EME proposal. Many Developers and researchers from the Ethereum Foundation Conducting security research and creating web applications. We have issues with EME from this viewpoint. Digital rights management (DRM) in general. MostEME can influence browser users, but not everyone.
The EME’s achievement resulted in browser developers implementing potentially unsafe DRM technology, since it couldn’t be disabled in any major browser. Despite the fact that recently EME was accepted as a recommendation standard. Closed source DRM implementations are available in our web browsers. Even open source browsers such as FirefoxFor many years.
As We, researchers, designers, members of the community, have been exposed to distasteful DRM implementations. We feel it is time to prevent this from happening again. In In other words, the recommendation of EME as a standard is a bad idea. It hinders the ability to innovate. open websiteIt doesn’t go along with W3C’s core values, mission, and design principles. The The following statement explains why the Ethereum Foundation’s We have issues with the W3C’s EME recommendation and believe it ought to be repealed as a W3C-standard.
The The following statement was submitted with a Formal objection On April 13, 2017. Please Note that the changes have been made for clarity and readability.
The Ethereum Foundation Politely objects to the publication of Encrypted Media Extensions (EMEs) and asks that it be terminated.
The Ethereum Foundation It seeks to make the web more open and freer worldwide. We It is impossible to accomplish our mission without EME. If W3C, EME, and Sanctions recommend it Content Decryption Module Implementations of (CDM), will reduce access and reduce Internet Freedom and can also weaken security research and erode trust between software users and developers within the wider community. From Internet. If EME should be avoided as it will go against many aspects of the W3C’s mission statement and design principles.
IssueEME covers use cases beyond the boundaries of the Open Web domain.
HistoricallyW3C puts out recommendations on open web platforms. HoweverThe W3C’s specification for this type of interaction, such as with DRM is unheard of, raises issues, especially since it supports an opaque, non-open technology. What Policies are in place to stop the spread of W3C Recommendations Are you looking for the non-open Internet? Software W3C should not address any matter that is beyond the W3C mission or is highly objectionable by a large number W3C members. Recommendations.
IssueEME-specified DRM prohibits fair use with little or no result
We DRM implementations can provide advantages to media owners, but they are not worth the inconveniences that users experience. DRM doesn’t stop copyright infringement. Copyright DRM is unlikely to be evaded by infringers if media they are interested in is easily available from other sources. While DRM does not offer copyright protection and users are denied valuable features like commenting, annotations, modifying content for artistic or accessibility purposes. All DRM blocks many of these uses that are usually highly valued in the W3C recommendation process.