The Web Ahead 73: DRM with Jeremy Keith and Doug Schepers 91s2c

DRM has been long touted as the solution to piracy. Recently, a few browser makers and big media companies have pushed DRM technology into the web browser — while open web advocates have fought to prevent DRM on the web. What is DRM? Why and how are companies putting it into web browsers? And what solutions would be better? Jeremy Keith and Doug Schepers Jen Simmons to debate DRM on the web. Links for this episode:Jeremy Keith's website Jeremy Keith (adactio) on Twitter Doug Schepers' website Doug Schepers (shepazu) on Twitter "Higher standards" by Jeremy Keith "Discussions about DRM often land on the fundamental problem with DRM: that it doesn't work" by Ian Hickson "The thing and the whole of the thing: on DRM in HTML" by Stuart Langridge "What is EME?" by Henri Sivonen "Please Bring Me More Of That Yummy DRM Discussion" by Robin Berjon "Firefox’s adoption of closed-source DRM breaks my heart" by Cory Doctorow "What happens with digital rights management in the real world?" by Cory Doctorow O'Reilly Media's thinking about eBooks and DRM Louis CK on DRM The Netflix Tech Blog: HTML5 Video in Safari on OS X Yosemite The Netflix Tech Blog: HTML5 Video at Netflix Articles on DRM at the Electronic Frontier Foundation 2009: "Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes" (music) - NYTimes.com Thanks to Squarespace for once again ing the show. Use code JENSENTME for 10% off any purchase. And thanks to O'Reilly's Velocity Conference. Use code JENSENTME for 20% off event prices. Or use the code JENSENTEXHIBIT to get an Expo Hall for $39 (regularly $195). You can Web Page Size, Speed, and Performance by Terrence Dorsey for free at http://oreil.ly/jensenRDL. And see below for information about the contest to win a 2-day to Velocity. 5p2w