"Even if W3C decided to drop EME, there are enough important   
   companies working on the spec—including Netflix, Google, and 
   Microsoft—that a common platform will be built. The only 
   difference is whether it happens under the W3C umbrella, or 
   merely as a de facto standard assembled by all the interested 
   parties."

Someone tell this author that when you see a horrific 10 car pileup, you're not supposed to say: "Well at least it happened on OUR land".