"In 2013, EFF was disappointed to learn that the W3C had taken on the project of standardizing “Encrypted Media Extensions,” an API whose sole function was to provide a first-class role for DRM within the Web browser ecosystem"
With so much money involved here, it's quite naive to believe the W3C members are virgins here and did this out love for the web and for the consumers.
And:
"It is clear that the W3C allowing DRM technologies to be developed at the W3C is just a naked ploy for the W3C to get more (paying) member companies to join"[0]
With so much money involved here, it's quite naive to believe the W3C members are virgins here and did this out love for the web and for the consumers.
And:
"It is clear that the W3C allowing DRM technologies to be developed at the W3C is just a naked ploy for the W3C to get more (paying) member companies to join"[0]
0 - https://blog.whatwg.org/drm-and-web-security