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-ins like Flash. On 18 September 2017, the W3C published the EME specification as a recommendation, leading to the Electronic Frontier Foundation's resignation from W3C. As feared by the opponents of EME, , none of the widely used Content Decryption Modules used with EME is available for licensing without a per-browser licensing fee. Standards W3C/Internet Engineering Task Force standards (over Internet protocol suite): References External links About the World Wide Web Consortium W3C Technical Reports and Publications W3C Process Document W3C History How to read W3C specs 1994 establishments in the United States Internet Standard organizations Organizations established in 1994 Organizations based in Cambridge, Massachusetts Standards organizations in the United States Technology consortia Web development Web services Tim Berners-Lee