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:NewsForge: Anti-DRM Campaign Expands, Faces Challenges
NewsForge: Anti-DRM Campaign Expands, Faces Challenges
Jun 12, 2006, 19 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (3449 reads)

(Other stories by Bruce Byfield)

"The Free Software Foundation's (FSF) Defective By Design campaign against Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies ran into difficulties when it targeted Apple Stores across the United States on Saturday, June 10. As many as half the events were disrupted by security guards or police, while the campaign as a whole had little success in attracting mainstream media coverage. Despite the difficulties, organizers judged the event a success, both in mobilizing members of the two-week-old campaign and in educating the general public about the implications of DRM.

"'There's a lot going on at the moment [about DRM],' Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF, told NewsForge as he prepared for the events..."

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Technocrat: Is DRM Just a Consumer Rights Issue?(Jun 07, 2006)
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NewsForge: Free Software, You've Been Framed(May 05, 2006)



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