DRM’s Dead Canary: How We Lost the Web, What We Learned, and What to Do Next
I think it&#x27;s amazing how a lot of comments on EFF&#x27;s resignation from W3C (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15278883" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=15278883</a>) seemed to focus on how they were being unreasonable about EME, and that allowing companies to have DRM is necessary. Yet, both then and now, the EFF keeps making the point that <i>none of the DRM even works!</i> It was never ABOUT the DRM. The companies don&#x27;t give a shit about &quot;copyright laws&quot; or people &quot;stealing movies&quot;. As this article very clearly demonstrates, the companies are using this to crush competition. That&#x27;s it. There&#x27;s no other use for this.<p>The DRM is a legal excuse to sue competitors out of existence. The existing EME-compliant DRM implementations <i>don&#x27;t even work</i>. This whole thing is a farce.