[Soci SLIP] Re: Sell your Netflix stock to send a message

[loredana]

Giro (e faccio notare, a fianco di microsoft c'e google):

Io azioni di netflix non ne ho, il contenuto pero' e' lo stesso
interessante/illuminante. Non ho tempo di tradurlo ma, in buona
sostanza, dice che netflix (con il supporto di microsoft e google) sta
spingendo pesantemente per un'estensione dell'html (il linguaggio alla
base del web) verso l'inclusione del DRM (Digital Restrictions
Management). 

Questo ha l'ovvia conseguenza di introdurre limitazioni su tutti i media
distribuiti via web, inclusi quelli che uno paga. E comporta la
necessita' di installare software proprietario per questi sistemi che si
estenderanno a macchia d'olio. Un effetto flash all'ennesima potenza,
insomma, che finira' per ingoiare il web libero, se lasciato agire
indisturbato.
 
Loredana

On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 14:31 -0400, DefectiveByDesign.org wrote:
> Dear loredana,
> 
> Cancel Netflix graphic
> 
> "#CancelNetflix I used it and used to love it. But keep your hands off
> DRM in HTML5. Not cool. I'm stopping my rel. with you." --
> @jordiburcas*
> 
> A few weeks ago we put out a call: if you care about freedom on the
> Web, cancel your Netflix subscription. The company has been leading an
> aggressive lobbying effort to change the fundamental language of the
> Web (HTML) to add an official extension accommodating Digital
> Restrictions Management (DRM). Free software supporters and the
> blogosphere have responded strongly to our previous posts about this
> attack on Web freedom, and many (like @jordiburcas above) have
> canceled their accounts. Now we're asking you to take this to the next
> level by dumping any stock you own in the company.
> 
> Netflix's plan is to hijack the standards-setting power of the World
> Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the body that coordinates the development
> of HTML, in an attempt to make it easier to distribute media with DRM.
> Netflix's proposed extension to HTML, called Encrypted Media
> Extensions or EME, is supported by software companies like Microsoft
> and Google, as well as the powerful media corporations that provide
> the primary impetus for DRM. This cabal supports DRM because it gives
> them control over Web users. By adding artificial restrictions to
> media, they are able to corral people into their outdated business
> models and revoke customers' access to media (even media they have
> paid for) when it suits them.
> 
> As if we didn't already have reason enough to oppose this scheme, the
> proliferation of DRM inherently makes it harder to use free software.
> EME would indubitably lead to an explosion of DRM-encumbered media on
> the Web, restricting our freedom and pressuring users to install
> proprietary software to satisfy the demands of digital restrictions.
> For those committed to freedom and unwilling to install this software,
> DRM-encumbered sites would create a growing dark zone on the Web.
> 
> Dump your Netflix stock and post about it to inspire other
> shareholders to join you. If you're still holding on to a Netflix
> membership, cancel it for a double whammy and post with the hashtag
> #DivestNetflix*. Even if you don't own Netflix stock or have an
> account, you can help by spreading this message to the many others
> that do.
> 
> "#CancelNetflix I used it and used to love it. But keep your hands off
> DRM in HTML5. Not cool. I'm stopping my rel. with you." --
> @jordiburcas*
> 
> Screenshot of a tweet about canceling Netflix
> 
> This is a pivotal moment in the W3C deliberations over EME, when its
> proponents are struggling to maintain the illusion that EME won't
> cause any problems for the Web. Also, despite previous hype, Netflix
> recently released new subscriber numbers that were below expectations
> for the second quarter of 2013. These facts mean this is a critical
> time to send a message by divesting.
> 
> We should also remember that this is part of a larger struggle for
> freedom and control over our media. The world is in the initial stages
> of a great transition from locally stored to remotely hosted media.
> This shift will come with more opportunities for media distributors to
> encumber their products with DRM, and we need to demonstrate from the
> outset that doing so will cost them our support as customers and
> investors. That's why we're asking you to join the movement and divest
> from Netflix.
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
>  
> 
> Zak Rogoff
> 
> Campaigns Manager
> 
> * We encourage users to do their microblogging with Web sites that do
> not include nonfree JavaScript, like instances of pump.io or GNU
> social. If you use Twitter, you can access the mobile version of the
> Twitter site which works with JavaScript turned off, even on a desktop
> computer.
> 
> You can view this post online at
> https://www.defectivebydesign.org/divest-from-netflix.
> 
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