World Wide Web Consortium

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) used to stand for the open Web, but some time around 2008 it was surrendering to Web monopolies, as noted in some of the articles below. There are many more.

Techrights Calls for Tim Berners-Lee to Drop DRM Support, Regain Control of (Currently Corporations-run) W3C

“Developers Against Patents” to Start Attacking Patent Trolls; World Wide Web Threatened by Apple Patents

Allegation: “W3C (Microsoft) Kills Web SQL”

The W3C and Fake Authority

“Behind the Open Codec FUD Attack, W3C Captured by Microsoft, Apple, Nokia and So On?”

W3C Poisoned by Promoters of Software Patents Who Attack GNU/Linux

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Detoxicated from Microsoft Influence, But Regains Microsoft and Apple Presence

Microsoft’s Death Row of Standards and Why W3C Must Be Careful