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Two year anti-circumvention provision exemptions start now
On 28 October 2016, two very-much ignored but crucial exemptions (.pdf; 308KB) to section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) took effect. Commonly known as the anti-circumvention...
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Google goes evil by default (and you can’t turn it off)
Back in late 2013, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the primary standards body for the web — announced that Tim Berners-Lee, the organization’s director, had determined that “playback of...
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DRM in HTML5 coming soon to a browser near you
In an 11 March 2017 article for the Guardian, Tim Berners-Lee — the inventor of the world wide web — posits three changes that must be made to save his progeny: Regain control of our personal data...
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W3C will publish video DRM, ignoring member objections
In April 2017, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) held a controversial standards-setting vote, pitting open web advocates against corporate electronics, internet, and content entities over the issue...
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