The W3C Sells Out Users Without Seeming To Get Anything In Return

An anonymous reader writes "Questioning the W3C's stance on DRM, Simon St. Laurent asks 'What do we get for that DRM?' and has a thing or two to say about TBL's cop-out: 'I had a hard time finding anything to like in Tim Berners-Lee's meager excuse for the W3C's new focus on digital rights management (DRM). However, the piece that keeps me shaking my head and wondering is a question he asks but doesn't answer: If we, the programmers who design and build Web systems, are going to consider something which could be very onerous in many ways, what can we ask in return? Yes. What should we ask in return? And what should we expect to get? The W3C appears to have surrendered (or given?) its imprimatur to this work without asking for, well, anything in return. "Considerations to be discussed later" is rarely a powerful diplomatic pose.'"

Get In Return?

[SuperCharlie]

That is probably one of the most idiotic things I have read in some time. You either allow it or you dont. What is there to trade? Its like saying.. well.. we'll let you have the H1 tag.. but you gotta let us have the HR tag.. what??

Re:Get In Return?

[Anonymous Coward]

You'll have to pry the <BLINK> and <MARQUEE> tags out of my dead fingers. The web is worth nothing if I can't annoy the hell out of my viewers.

Re:Some questions

[Hatta]

Hey, you could say the same thing about voter opinion. In both cases, most of those things are rarely true.