&gt; This system, &quot;Encrypted Media Extensions&quot; (EME) uses standards-defined code to funnel video into a proprietary container called a &quot;Content Decryption Module.&quot; For a new browser to support this new video streaming standard -- which major studios and cable operators are pushing for -- it would have to convince those entertainment companies or one of their partners to let them have a CDM, or this part of the &quot;open&quot; Web would not display in their new browser.<p>This is the crux of the issue. The W3C is creating a standard which gives control to the publishers over which browsers can display their content.<p>Whether that&#x27;s &quot;right&quot; or &quot;wrong&quot; is worth debating, but sometimes the real issue at stake gets obscured in these discussions.