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Re: Day Against DRM

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This press release sounds like a declaration of war on content creators. You won't kill DRM by tut-tutting it. You kill DRM by changing the minds of content creators who use it. You won't do that by waging a war on them.

What does one do to participate in this anyway? The press release wasn't clear.

Re: Day Against DRM

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post #6

This press release sounds like a declaration of war on content creators. You won't kill DRM by tut-tutting it. You kill DRM by changing the minds of content creators who use it. You won't do that by waging a war on them. What does one do to participate in this anyway? The press release wasn't clear.

They link to http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ which seems to be main organising point.

Re: Day Against DRM

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post #6

This press release sounds like a declaration of war on content creators. You won't kill DRM by tut-tutting it. You kill DRM by changing the minds of content creators who use it. You won't do that by waging a war on them. What does one do to participate in this anyway? The press release wasn't clear.

They link to http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ which seems to be main organising point.

Seems very misguided. It takes aim at DRM, not why DRM exists. People don't care about DRM. Think about how many people buy the products this site calls defective. But people do care that the people who create think they need DRM. A public awareness campaign focused on getting people to convince creators that DRM is bad would be more effective.
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