EME is now a W3C recommendation

The World Wide Web Consortium has put out apress release trumpeting its publication of the "Encrypted MediaExtensions" as an official recommendation and enshrining DRM into what waspreviously a standard for open communication. See theEFF's open letter for a less rosy view of this development."Today, the W3C bequeaths an legally unauditable attack-surface tobrowsers used by billions of people. They give media companies the power tosue or intimidate away those who might re-purpose video for people withdisabilities. They side against the archivists who are scrambling topreserve the public record of our era. The W3C process has been abused bycompanies that made their fortunes by upsetting the established order, andnow, thanks to EME, they'll be able to ensure no one ever subjects them tothe same innovative pressures."