Archive for the tag 'drm'

Jan 28 2010

iPad DRM endangers our rights

Published by Stef under community, fsf

The Free Software Foundation guys are ready to remind us the real threat that iPad furthers:
The iPad’s unprecedented use of DRM to control all capabilities of a general purpose computer is a dangerous step backward for computing and for media distribution.
Yesterday a group of FSF volunteers set up “Apple Restriction Zones” along the approaches to [...]

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Apr 17 2009

Get the facts of DRM, don’t buy CRAP

Published by Stef under community, copyright, eng, fsf

Did you think Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) can be good for society? If that’s your opinion, you better start looking at facts. Ars Technica reports that
Some Kindle users are angry because Amazon blocked them from their Kindle accounts, thereby blocking them from accessing their already-purchased media. Even if these stories are exaggerated, they once again [...]

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Nov 19 2008

New MacBooks are Defective by Design

Published by Stef under eng, fsf

The new MacBook not only have reflective screens and miss a FireWire prot, but they also hide a stupid DRM locks in the video signal called HDCP. CrunchGear reports:
What is HDCP? It’s essentially a digital standard that tells your OS what you can display content on. If you connect your device to a project, as [...]

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Nov 13 2008

Free Software Foundation year end fundraising campaign

Published by Stef under community

I had the feeling that 2008 was an important year for FSF. We’ve seen new campaigns take off, like End Software Patents and Support Open Document Format; the established campaigns Defective By Design, Play OGG, Expert Witness Fund have received good responses (if Google page rank is an indicator).’  We’ve seen also the first FSF [...]

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Oct 15 2008

Demand DRM-free files

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Jan 07 2008

Il DRM sulla musica muore ma è presto per cantare vittoria

Published by Stef under copyright, it

Notizia di inizio 2008: Sony BMG sta pensando di vendere file musicali via internet senza schemi fastidiosi di restrizione, i Digital Restrictions Management. E così Sony si unisce alle altre aziende del settore: Universal, EMI e Warner che per indebolire Apple danno diritti ai loro clienti. Le major hanno capito che ci piace [...]

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Dec 17 2007

DefectiveByDesign.org: Together we are Fighting DRM

Published by Stef under eng

DefectivebyDesign.org posted a list of actions and campaigns activated and run by FSF in the past year. I really like what the strategy they put in place and the results so far. DefectivebyDesign brought the problem with Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to a wider audience, reaching also Newsweek. I loved the [...]

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