Everyone should at least read the third part of this message ("What is wrong with Apple and iTunes?")<br><br><b><i></i></b><blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">> From: Peter Brown <peterb@fsf.org><br>> Date: June 6, 2006 2:59:26 PM PDT<br>> To: Jim Stockford <jim@well.com>, Dick Verna <rverna01@comcast.net>, <br>> Kyle Rankin <kyle@nblug.org>, Peninsula LUG <officers@penlug.org>, <br>> Imran Akbar <imr@stanford.edu>, Dmitriy Shirchenko <br>> <dima@ocf.berkeley.edu><br>> Subject: Anti-DRM efforts in the San-Francisco area<br>><br>> Hello,<br>><br>> I have a message below that I would like to get posted for the <br>> attention<br>> of the San Francisco area lugs.<br>> Let me know if that would be possible.<br>> Thanks<br>> peter<br>> ------------------------------------------------------<br>> Hello,<br>><br>> Come and join a group of
technologists having some fun, and help get <br>> the<br>> message out about DRM.<br>><br>> We are organizing a Flash Mob this Saturday at the Apple store in<br>> San Francisco at 10:30am. All you need do is turn up and join the mob <br>> and<br>> smile for the camera. We will be capturing photos and video to be <br>> posted<br>> on the website http://defectivebydesign.org/<br>><br>> The first Flash Mob was a lot of fun and got huge coverage with front<br>> page stories on Slashdot, Digg and BoinBoing. In the 14 since the<br>> launch on May 23 we have had 2,000 technologists take the pledge to <br>> help<br>> us spread the word about DRM. Raising awareness about DRM is vital.<br>> These kind of events get the press coverage that gets people discussing<br>> the issues. Once people know about DRM - we win.<br>> http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/23/antidrm_demonstrator.html<br>><br>> Come and join us and have some
fun - and head for lunch afterward to<br>> hang out with your fellow DRM-fighters.<br>><br>> Let me know you can make it by emailing me at<br>> appleflash@defectivebydesign.org (enclose a phone number), and I will<br>> call you with meet-up info.<br>><br>> Peter Brown<br>> Executive Director<br>> Free Software Foundation<br>> Tel: +1-617-542-594<br>><br>> --------------------------------------------------<br>> What is DRM?<br>> Technology that restricts what you can do with the electronic devices<br>> you own and the media you buy. DRM can be deployed in software, <br>> hardware<br>> and content like music or movies. DRM enables Big Media to restrict<br>> you.<br>><br>> THEY call it Digital RIGHTS Management - their rights. They want the<br>> rights to restrict you and your behavior, so we call it Digital<br>> RESTRICTIONS Management and CRAP (Content, Restriction, Annulment,<br>>
Protection).<br>><br>> DRM doesn't just restrict the use of music and movies, it can also be<br>> used to restrict software or access to information. Introducing DRM<br>> into our computers and devices hands over control to strangers. DRM can<br>> monitor what you do and report on your behavior.<br>><br>> What is wrong with Apple and iTunes?<br>> We have always been able to buy music and copy it for our personal<br>> needs. We've all made mix tapes for our friends, or burned a copy for<br>> our car, or for our portable device. Big Media figured that with <br>> digital<br>> technology they could find a way to stop us from doing these things in<br>> the hope that they could make us pay for every use. Apple has <br>> introduced<br>> DRM into their product lines to please Big Media, and to impose<br>> restrictions and monitoring. As the largest distributor of DRM<br>> technology Apple is setting a new low for the mistreatment
of our<br>> freedoms.<br>><br>> Take back your technology, say no to DRM in your computer and in your<br>> home. Join DefectiveByDesign.org http://defectivebydesign.org/<br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>sf-lug mailing list<br>sf-lug@linuxmafia.com<br>http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug<br></dima@ocf.berkeley.edu></imr@stanford.edu></officers@penlug.org></kyle@nblug.org></rverna01@comcast.net></jim@well.com></peterb@fsf.org></blockquote><br><p> __________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com