On: BBC demands DRM for HTML5

[trunnell]

Exactly. This illustrates why this W3C spec is not DRM. Some other DRM technology is needed for certain modes.

[Natsu → trunnell]

So it's not DRM, it's just a way for 3rd parties to plug in their own DRM system.

Sorry, that's worse, not better.

[trunnell → Natsu]

Third parties, namely Flash and Silverlight, already plug in their own DRM systems via NSAPI. How is this worse?

[darklajid → trunnell]

Depends. What Flash and Silverlight do is just as bad => This proposal isn't worse.

But Flash and Silverlight are dead or dying and were never public specifications we cared about. What I consider 'worse' here in this proposal is that we'd kind of 'bless' the DRM layer in HTML. I fear a comment like "Hey, it's part of HTML 5 so it has to be good, right?" if nonsense like this is added.

[trunnell → trunnell]

Oops, I meant NPAPI (not NSAPI).

[Natsu → trunnell]

We don't want to make it easier to add DRM. The more painful it is, the better.