NewsForge: Anti-DRM Campaign Expands, Faces Challenges

“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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