DRM leaves videogame unplayable for days: take action
defectivebydesign.org — DRM left the video game Borderlands unplayable for people who bought it in stores for days. "Defective by Design" is now running a "1-star review" campaign to remind Borderlands buyers about the dangers of DRM. (Submitted by holmesworcester) More...
No more "1984". Petition Amazon to drop DRM from Kindle.
defectivebydesign.org — Defective by Design has launched a petition against Swindle DRM, with support from authors, scholars, librarians and journalists (including Lawrence Lessig, Cory Doctorow, Elizabeth Stark, and Clay Shirky). Sign it, and share it! People need to know that DRM on books is a basic threat to the free exchange of ideas. (Submitted by holmesworcester) More...
Apple says you can't have freedom because you might be evil
defectivebydesign.org — Apple claims your freedom is just too dangerous. You might be a drug dealer! But it's greed like Apple's, which will stoop to the lowest kinds of threats to justify crippling everyone else's potential with DRM, that we should be worried about. (Submitted by johnsu01) More...
Tell Kindle buyers: Amazon can delete your books!
defectivebydesign.org — Last week Amazon deleted copies of 1984 and Animal Farm from hundreds of users' Kindles. "Defective by Design" is now running a "1-star review" campaign to remind Kindle buyers that they don't own their books. (Submitted by holmesworcester) More...
35 Days Against DRM -- Day 9: Zune
defectivebydesign.org — Zune --the DRM Bait and Switch from Microsoft.. so laden with DRM that Microsoft proudly proclaims it as "music industry friendly", when it is completely user-unfriendly. Also, help us take "35 days against DRM" to the streets. (Submitted by mattlee) More...
35 Days Against DRM -- #7: Prince--friends without benefits
defectivebydesign.org — A horror story of being a Prince fan -- a reminder of some of the tricks being pulled on music fans in this DRM age. Here's a story from the bad old days sent in by Mike McCarty, who wins one of our T-shirts and a DRM-free album from Magnatune. We begin with the demise of Prince's DRM-music service, New Power Generation. (Submitted by mattlee) More...
35 Days Against DRM -- Day 1: MacBook
defectivebydesign.org — Starting this Black Friday and over the next 35 days leading up to the end of 2008, we want your help in promoting a consumer boycott of DRM. Once again, Apple have pushed their DRM agenda, with the release of the latest revision of their MacBook computers, with a hardware chip that prevents certain types of display being used when playing movies. (Submitted by mattlee) More...
Hold your politicians accountable for PRO-IP
defectivebydesign.org — On October 13th, Bush signed the PRO-IP bill into law, ignoring calls to veto it and pretty clear indications that the bill was promoted using completely fabricated statistics. The head of the RIAA said the bill was "music to the ears." But just because the bill has passed doesn't mean this issue is dead. (Submitted by joshuagay) More...
Last Chance: Tell Bush to veto the RIAA/MPAA Enforcement Bil
defectivebydesign.org — Over the weekend, under the deceptive banner of "intellectual property", the RIAA Enforcement Bill passed with several unacceptable provisions. We have one more chance to stop this bill from becoming law. Bush has yet to sign it. Given the fact that the DoJ publicly objected to it earlier, Bush may veto it. But we can't count on that - Take action! (Submitted by mattlee) More...
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