Tim Berners-Lee approves Web DRM, but W3C members have two weeks to appeal
A younger version of myself would be against Web DRM, but these days I wonder if there&#x27;s a potential for it to help in democratizing distribution among indie content producers. Ideally I&#x27;d have some time to piece together an essay, but the major points are:<p>1) Ted Nelson&#x27;s vision on how Project Xanadu would have some form of copyright protection &#x2F; micropayments for authors.<p>2) Independent content creators that have called it quits. There&#x27;s tons of examples, but here&#x27;s one that highlights issues: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tonycomstock.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;09&#x2F;12&#x2F;why-i-dont-make-movies-anymore-and-what-i-do-instead&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tonycomstock.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;09&#x2F;12&#x2F;why-i-dont-make-movie...</a><p>I guess I see a vision where webDRM is an improvement over the walls of &#x27;Apps&#x27; where content may not be DRM-free, but at least be linkable&#x2F;URL-addressable.<p>(Disclaimer: I&#x27;m writing this without actually reading into the WebDRM spec, so feel free to criticize)