HTML 5 and ... DRM

"... Microsoft, Google and Netflix had been working on an API to enable encrypted media in HTML “that we think can be implemented in all browsers and support any container/codec and content encryption without making major changes to the HTML Media element specification”."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/23/microsoft_google_netflix_html5_drm_infection/
and
http://arstechnica.com/business/new...osal-criticized-by-standards-stakeholders.ars

 

The bottom line is, as mentioned in the article, that they all have to be helping/serve media producers control their content

 

It will be instantly bypassed, can't be implemented in an open source browser, and is a waste of time and money that will probably end up messing with standards already in the works.