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> On 2010-02-26 09:28:17 -0700, Roy Schestowitz said:
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>> The Decade in DRM (and announcing Day Against DRM, 2010)
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>> | Since the late 1990s, a handful of media and
>> | technology companies has waged war against the
>> | public, imposing digital restrictions on the
>> | technology we use. Here's a rundown of this
>> | decade's most important moments in the fight
>> | against DRM, and an important announcement:
>> | Day Against DRM 2010 is happening on May 4th!
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>> | Since the late 1990s, a handful of media and
>> | technology companies has waged war against the
>> | public. Their goal? To seize total control of
>> | our use of our copies of published works.
>> | Their method? Building restrictions into our
>> | technology -- Digital Restrictions Management,
>> | or DRM.
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>> http://www.defectivebydesign.org/decade-in-drm
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> Forget about a Day against DRM, how about a boycott of everything with
> DRM? If everyone simply refused to purchase anything with DRM it would
> not take the powers that be long to figure out it had to go. I am
> prepared to forgoe anything with DRM and simply go without until it
> disappears. The Music Industry seems to have partially taken note as
> evidenced by DRM free mp3's now available for purchase. Perhaps other
> companies will take note if people refused to buy their DRM ebooks,
> Movies and Television shows.
I think the boycott depends on awareness, thus the /awareness/ campaign.
Boycott is a strong word (I don't like it either, I didn't choose it
for my awareness campaign).
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