EFF resigns from W3C in protest against Encrypted Media Extensions DRM standard

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonSep 20, 2017, 7:14 am118 pts
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has resigned from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) because of a move to standardize the Encrypted Media Extension (EME) API for controlling DRM in web browsers. The EFF is far from being the only group to be unhappy with the W3C for the decision…

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