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Free Software Foundation fights DRM

[Posted October 3, 2006 by ris]

The Free Software Foundation has declared October 3, 2006 a "Day Against DRM" with demonstrations in New York and London. Also today, the Free Software Foundation Europe launched DRM.info. "DRM.info is based on the idea that people should be informed and involved in decisions that will affect them on a very personal level. "DRM technologies are based on the principle that a third party has more influence over your devices than you, and that their interests will override yours when they come in conflict. That is even true where your interest is perfectly legitimate and legal, and possibly also for your own data," explains Georg Greve, FSFE's president."

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FSFE blogs on DRM.info launch

Posted Oct 3, 2006 22:14 UTC (Tue) by coriordan (guest, #7544) [Link]

Here are some blog entries (sorted with the earliest at the top):

Georg: DAY AGAINST DRM: Launch of DRM.info, the DRM awareness portal
Ciaran (me): DRM.info launched to mobilise more than market pressure
Shane: Anti-DRM protest in Zurich
Georg (again): Back from Day against DRM Protest in Zürich
Maria: DRM for a new intern

There were also actions in Sweden and London, but no blogs year AFAICS.

FSFE blogs on DRM.info launch

Posted Oct 4, 2006 10:30 UTC (Wed) by tgb (guest, #745) [Link]

I blogged about the London event (which took place on Saturday, along with the NYC event) on my personal blog.