This week, one man has been warning the world about an impending disaster for years, but no one will listen. Also, Alex makes a dumb decision.
Further Reading
W3C's proposed standard
W3C Director, Tim Berners-Lee, posts "On EME in HTML5"
Mozilla's blog post "DRM and the Challenge of Serving Users"
Cory Doctorow's post "The World Wide Web Consortium at a Crossroads: Arms-Dealers or Standards-Setters?"