Re: Iceweasel and DRM

[Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net>]

On 14/05/14 11:23 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 15/05/14 13:09, Gary Dale wrote:
> > The FSF has just let everyone know that Mozilla and Adobe have signed a
> > deal to support DRM in Firefox.
> So did Mozilla - in fact they've been letting everyone know for the last
> year. Hardly a secret.
>
> > I trust that it will be removed in
> > Iceweasel.
>
> DRM support in Firefox/Iceweasel doesn't make the web proprietary, lack
> of DRM support in Firefox/Iceweasel makes them partial web browsers.
>
> Cut off nose to spite face much?
>
> Tim Berners-Lee and many others support *implementing* DRM. They don't
> support DRM and neither does Mozilla - they'd prefer watermarking.
>
>
> Kind regards

I disagree. Browser support for DRM makes it easier for people to 
provide content that uses DRM. After all, if every browser supports it, 
why not use it?

Debian is based on freedom. Iceweasel exists because Firefox contained 
proprietary parts. To not remove digital restrictions support undermines 
a major strength of Debian. If people want DRM, they can always download 
Firefox but they should have a choice for freedom.