Editing World Wide Web Consortium (section)

=={{Anchor|A-EME}}Criticism==
In 2012 and 2013, the W3C started considering adding [[Digital rights management|DRM]]-specific [[Encrypted Media Extensions]] (EME) to [[HTML5]], which was criticised as being against the openness, interoperability, and vendor neutrality that distinguished websites built using only W3C standards from those requiring proprietary [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-ins]] like [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/mar/12/tim-berners-lee-drm-cory-doctorow
 |title       = What I wish Tim Berners-Lee understood about DRM
 |author      = Cory Doctorow
 |author-link      = Cory Doctorow
 |work        = Technology blog at [[The Guardian|guardian.co.uk]]
 |date        = 2013-03-12
 |access-date  = 2013-03-20
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130319103742/http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2013/mar/12/tim-berners-lee-drm-cory-doctorow
 |archive-date = 19 March 2013
 |url-status  = dead
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/02/bbc-attacks-the-open-web-gnulinux-in-danger/index.htm
 |title       = BBC Attacks the Open Web, GNU/Linux in Danger
 |author      = Glyn Moody
 |author-link      = Glyn Moody
 |work        = Open Enterprise blog at [[Computerworld|ComputerworldUK.com]]
 |date        = 2013-02-13
 |access-date  = 2013-03-20
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130420064114/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/02/bbc-attacks-the-open-web-gnulinux-in-danger/index.htm
 |archive-date = 20 April 2013
 |url-status  = dead
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/02/drm-for-the-web-say-it-aint-so/
 |title       = DRM for the Web? Say It Ain't So
 |author      = Scott Gilbertson
 |work        = [[Webmonkey]]
 |publisher   = Condé Nast
 |date        = 2013-02-12
 |access-date  = 2013-03-21
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130324134750/http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/02/drm-for-the-web-say-it-aint-so
 |archive-date = 24 March 2013
 |url-status  = dead
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
 |title       = Tell W3C: We don't want the Hollyweb
 |work        = [[Defective by Design]]
 |publisher   = [[Free Software Foundation]]
 |date        = March 2013
 |access-date  = 2013-03-25
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130403124524/http://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5
 |archive-date = 3 April 2013
 |url-status  = dead
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/lowering-your-standards
 | title      = Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C
 | author     = Danny O'Brien
 | publisher  = [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
 | date       = October 2013
 | access-date = 2013-10-03
}}</ref> On 18 September 2017, the W3C published the EME specification as a recommendation, leading to the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]'s resignation from W3C.<ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/drm-for-html5-published-as-a-w3c-recommendation-after-58-4-approval/
 | title      = HTML5 DRM finally makes it as an official W3C Recommendation
 | author     = Peter Bright
 | author-link     = Peter Bright
 | work       = [[Ars Technica]]
 | date       = 2017-09-18
 | access-date = 2017-09-18
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url        = https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/open-letter-w3c-director-ceo-team-and-membership
 | title      = An open letter to the W3C Director, CEO, team and membership
 | author     = Cory Doctorow
 | author-link     = Cory Doctorow
 | work       = Blog at [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]
 | date       = 2017-09-18
 | access-date = 2017-09-18
}}</ref> As feared by the opponents of EME, {{asof|2020|lc=y}}, none of the widely used [[Encrypted Media Extensions#Content Decryption Modules|Content Decryption Modules]] used with EME are available for licensing without a per-browser licensing fee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-08|title=Three years after the W3C approved a DRM standard, it's no longer possible to make a functional indie browser|url=https://boingboing.net/2020/01/08/rip-open-web-platform.html|access-date=2020-08-18|website=Boing Boing|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Doctorow|first=Cory|title=After years of insisting that DRM in HTML wouldn't block open source implementations, Google says it won't support open source implementations|url=https://boingboing.net/2019/04/03/i-hate-being-right-2.html|access-date=2019-07-25|website=Boing Boing| date=3 April 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref>