One great thing about the personal computer revolution and the World Wide Web is that, thanks to its open specs nature, pretty much anything can be part of the

One great thing about the personal computer revolution and the World Wide Web is that, thanks to its open specs nature, pretty much anything can be part of the Internet. That doesn't mean everything should be part of the standards: EME requires a piece of software called the Content Decryption Module, which is developed for Hollywood by software companies like Microsoft and Adobe, and can not be open source. So basically what the W3C is saying here is that every standard complaint browsers should include a binary blob from a private company. And that is, by the way, what will change from today to tomorrow. This goes completely against the nature of the Internet, and it's also useless (as it will not stop "piracy"). I can't believe the W3C is doing this, it's extremely sad and marks a dangerous precedent.