Been hearing about how Google wants to DRM the web lately and basically destroy the free and open internet. Can someone please explain how this will destroy the web? I’m not a expert on computers so I need someone to explain what this will do for all of us.
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Google’s Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), better known as internet DRM, assures copyright-protected content (i.e, movies and music) to be played securely via web browsers. Sounds like a fair game for copyright holders, yet this seems quite inimical for the broad web.
Why? For starters, the assertion that it could hinder competition and inventions from smaller companies to develop new-fangled web browsers and media player technologies is worrisome. Moreover, there’s a possible creation of a segmented internet where only specific browsers or devices can approach particular types of content. What’s more, there are privacy and security concerns; companies may track your content-consumption.
I mean, sure, internet DRM works for copyright proponents, but it threatens the openness and safety of the web and the users.
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