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Day Against DRM: Sign-up Now to Help the Effort!
Posted On: Tue, 2010-03-09 15:22 by PeterB
Tuesday May 4, 2010 will be the international Day Against DRM.
The FSF will be working with other anti-DRM groups and anti-DRM activists from all over the world to raise awareness and mobilize the public. So spread the word by sharing this announcement, and putting the buttons below on your site.
Get ready for the action by signing up here.
These banners link to our article Decade in DRM, that tells the story of the fight against digital restrictions:
iPad petition hits 10,000 signatures, "Apple-as-1984" meme spreading
Posted On: Mon, 2010-03-15 11:01 by holmesworcester
Last week we topped 10,000 signatures on Defective by Design's iPad petition, and mailed the second batch of 5,000 signatures to Steve Jobs on our own giant tablet.
The best part is, our "Apple makes totalitarian computers" meme is spreading. This weekend, NPR's "All Things Considered" ran a piece entitled "Is Apple Entering an Age of Empire?" that takes as its premise the idea that Apple is building the dystopic computing future featured in its famous "1984" Superbowl advertisement.
Slate Magazine's Farhad Manjoo (the commentator interviewed for the piece) goes far too easy on Apple, and focuses only on the danger to "the industry"-- not to society itself. But the fact that major news outlets are asking these kinds of questions is a huge victory for our campaign. You should be proud.
We're still sending a new tablet for every 5,000 signatures we receive. And we'll be mobilizing petition signers for anti-iPad actions on April 3rd when the iPad launches. So keep sharing the petition with your network!
If you are already a member of DefectiveByDesign, please login before you sign the letter.
If you are not a member you can sign the letter without becoming one. But we hope you will!