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Ever since then, it's been a touchstone of anti-DRM <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/amazon">activism</a>, giving users yet</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/amazon_tightens_digital_handcuffs" rel="tag" title="Amazon tightens the digital handcuffs">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Amazon tightens the digital handcuffs</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/keep_putting_pressure_microsoft" rel="bookmark">Keep putting pressure on Microsoft</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 27, 2024 - 10:38am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Grassroots organization against a corporation as large as Microsoft is never easy. They have the advertising budget to claim that they "love Linux" (sic), not to mention the money and political willpower to corral free software developers from around the world on their nonfree platform Microsoft GitHub. This year's <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">IDAD</a> took aim at one specific injustice: their requiring a hardware TPM module for users being forced to "upgrade" to Windows 11.</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/keep_putting_pressure_microsoft" rel="tag" title="Keep putting pressure on Microsoft">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Keep putting pressure on Microsoft</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/idad_2024_dec_20_freedom_against_restriction" rel="bookmark">IDAD 2024 - Dec. 20: For freedom, against restriction</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 16, 2024 - 11:49am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Eighteen years after the <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign's inception, we're still continuing the fight against <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm">Digital Restrictions Management</a> (DRM), the practice of imposing technological restrictions that control what users can do with digital media -- and won't back down until we've won. For our eighteenth <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">International Day Against DRM</a> (IDAD), we're targeting an issue that thousands of computer users around the world will face, whether</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/idad_2024_dec_20_freedom_against_restriction" rel="tag" title="IDAD 2024 - Dec. 20: For freedom, against restriction">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about IDAD 2024 - Dec. 20: For freedom, against restriction</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/our_work_isnt_over_keep_fighting_freedom_learn" rel="bookmark">Our work isn't over: Keep fighting for the freedom to learn</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 19, 2023 - 8:04am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/466">idad</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/465">Day Against DRM</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/topic/dayagainstdrm">dayagainstdrm</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/467">International Day Against DRM</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/472">Libraries</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>IDAD may be over, but the fight isn't. Read a summary of this year's activities, and learn how you can continue to take action to help end DRM.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/our_work_isnt_over_keep_fighting_freedom_learn" rel="tag" title="Our work isn't over: Keep fighting for the freedom to learn">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Our work isn't over: Keep fighting for the freedom to learn</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/worldwide_community_activists_protest_overdrive_and_others_forcing_drm_upon_libraries" rel="bookmark">Worldwide community of activists protest OverDrive and others forcing DRM upon libraries</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on November 28, 2023 - 10:56am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/466">idad</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/467">International Day Against DRM</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/472">Libraries</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10">drm</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><strong>BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, November 28, 2023 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced its <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign's 17th annual <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">International Day Against DRM</a> (IDAD). It will protest uses of <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management</a> technology's hold over public libraries around the world, exemplified by corporations like OverDrive and Follett Destiny. IDAD will take place</strong></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/worldwide_community_activists_protest_overdrive_and_others_forcing_drm_upon_libraries" rel="tag" title="Worldwide community of activists protest OverDrive and others forcing DRM upon libraries">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Worldwide community of activists protest OverDrive and others forcing DRM upon libraries</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet" rel="bookmark">"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on July 28, 2023 - 7:34am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10">drm</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/topic/google">google</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/471">WEI</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/topic/internet">Internet</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Using a free browser is now more important than ever. We've written <a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/googles-decision-to-deprecate-jpeg-xl-emphasizes-the-need-for-browser-choice-and-free-formats">recently</a> on this topic, but the issue we wrote about there was minor compared to the gross injustice Google is now attempting to force down the throats of web users around the world. The so-called "Web Environment Integrity" (WEI) is the worst stunt we've seen from them in some time. Beginning its life as an innocuous, if worrying,</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet" rel="tag" title=""Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/idad_2022_celebrating_freedom_share_new_advocacy_video" rel="bookmark">IDAD 2022: Celebrating the freedom to share with a new advocacy video</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 27, 2022 - 3:49pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10">drm</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/470">sharing</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/466">idad</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>For IDAD 2022, FSF staff took to the streets to ask passersby what they think about digital sharing. Read our wrapup and watch the first in a series of videos we are releasing in the coming days.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/idad_2022_celebrating_freedom_share_new_advocacy_video" rel="tag" title="IDAD 2022: Celebrating the freedom to share with a new advocacy video">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about IDAD 2022: Celebrating the freedom to share with a new advocacy video</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/idad_coming_soon_stand_us_support_freedom_share_december_16" rel="bookmark">IDAD is coming soon: Stand with us in support of the freedom to share on December 16</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 8, 2022 - 8:39am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/466">idad</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/467">International Day Against DRM</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The sixteenth <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">International Day Against DRM (IDAD)</a> is next week, and all of us that contribute to the <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign are calling on you to help us send a message to purveyors of <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)</a> around the world, letting them know that DRM is unacceptable in any and all of its forms. <strong>This year's Day Against DRM will be held next Friday, on December 16, 2022.</strong></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/idad_coming_soon_stand_us_support_freedom_share_december_16" rel="tag" title="IDAD is coming soon: Stand with us in support of the freedom to share on December 16">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about IDAD is coming soon: Stand with us in support of the freedom to share on December 16</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/fsf_giving_guide_put_freedom_first_your_giving_year" rel="bookmark">FSF Giving Guide: Put freedom first in your giving this year</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on November 18, 2022 - 8:00am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/458">giving guide</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><a href="https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v13/?pk_campaign=fall22&pk_source=giving/"><img src="https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/gg-8172d1.png" width="40%" align="right" hspace="20" vspace="20" /></a></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/fsf_giving_guide_put_freedom_first_your_giving_year" rel="tag" title="FSF Giving Guide: Put freedom first in your giving this year">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about FSF Giving Guide: Put freedom first in your giving this year</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/intel_sgx_proves_bluray_drm_defective_design" rel="bookmark">Intel SGX proves Blu-ray DRM is defective by design</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on February 15, 2022 - 1:51pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/10">drm</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Eagle-eyed readers of a technical document recently published by Intel, which details upcoming changes to their line of processors, noticed that the Software Guard Extension (SGX) will soon be deprecated. The SGX provided the ability for certain areas of system memory on Intel computers to be dedicated to encrypting and decrypting information, and therefore private -- off-limits to the rest of the system in a so-called "secure enclave."</p> </div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/intel_sgx_proves_bluray_drm_defective_design" rel="tag" title="Intel SGX proves Blu-ray DRM is defective by design">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Intel SGX proves Blu-ray DRM is defective by design</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/idad_2021_counteracting_disneys_attack_culture" rel="bookmark">IDAD 2021: Counteracting Disney+'s attack on culture</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">zoe</span> on December 28, 2021 - 6:13am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field--type-taxonomy-term-reference field--label-above"><div class="field__label">Topic: </div><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/466">idad</a></div><div class="field__item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/468">Disney+</a></div><div class="field__item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/469">streaming</a></div></div></div><div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Our fifteenth annual <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org/">International Day Against DRM (IDAD)</a>, might be over, but the fight against <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)</a> continues. Each year, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and its <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/">Defective by Design campaign</a> distill what we've learned throughout the year in our anti-DRM activism on one special day: a day especially supportive to</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/idad_2021_counteracting_disneys_attack_culture" rel="tag" title="IDAD 2021: Counteracting Disney+'s attack on culture">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about IDAD 2021: Counteracting Disney+'s attack on culture</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56590" title="Read zoe's latest blog entries.">zoe's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/activists_around_world_protest_disneys_unethical_streaming_platform_international_day_against_drm" rel="bookmark">Activists around the world protest Disney+'s unethical streaming platform for International Day Against DRM</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 10, 2021 - 12:48pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><strong>BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, December 10th, 2021 -- A global community of activists is taking part today in the <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign's 15th annual <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">International Day Against DRM</a> (IDAD) to protest use of <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management</a>, a widespread technology that places unethical restrictions on how people access digital media. Though from different backgrounds, countries,</strong></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/activists_around_world_protest_disneys_unethical_streaming_platform_international_day_against_drm" rel="tag" title="Activists around the world protest Disney+'s unethical streaming platform for International Day Against DRM">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Activists around the world protest Disney+'s unethical streaming platform for International Day Against DRM</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/idad_almost_here_take_stand_against_disney_december_10" rel="bookmark">IDAD is almost here: Take a stand against Disney+ on December 10</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 3, 2021 - 11:17am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The fifteenth <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">International Day Against DRM (IDAD)</a> is next week, and we here at the <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign are calling on you to help us send a message to purveyors of <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)</a> around the world, letting them know that DRM is unacceptable in any and all of its forms. This year's Day Against DRM will be held next Friday, on <strong>December 10, 2021.</strong></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/idad_almost_here_take_stand_against_disney_december_10" rel="tag" title="IDAD is almost here: Take a stand against Disney+ on December 10">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about IDAD is almost here: Take a stand against Disney+ on December 10</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/fsf_giving_guide_freedom_greatest_gift_all" rel="bookmark">FSF Giving Guide: Freedom is the greatest gift of all</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on November 18, 2021 - 5:04pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><a href="https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v12/?mtm_campaign=fall21&mtm_source=giving/"><img src="https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/gg-gray.png" width="40%" align="right" hspace="20" vspace="20" /></a></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/fsf_giving_guide_freedom_greatest_gift_all" rel="tag" title="FSF Giving Guide: Freedom is the greatest gift of all">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about FSF Giving Guide: Freedom is the greatest gift of all</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/join_us_international_day_against_drm_idad_2021_community_planning_meeting" rel="bookmark">Join us for the International Day Against DRM (IDAD) 2021 community planning meeting</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on November 8, 2021 - 8:11pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>Each year, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) stages the <a href="https://dayagainstdrm.org">International Day Against DRM</a> (IDAD), and this year, we want to work with the community more closely than ever before and bridge the gap between anti-DRM activists, those involved with the software freedom movement, and everyday individuals. Together, we'll stand up against DRM on <strong>December 10th</strong>.</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/join_us_international_day_against_drm_idad_2021_community_planning_meeting" rel="tag" title="Join us for the International Day Against DRM (IDAD) 2021 community planning meeting">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Join us for the International Day Against DRM (IDAD) 2021 community planning meeting</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/activists-including-fsf-helped-secure-new-round-dmca-anticircumvention-exemptions" rel="bookmark">Activists (including the FSF) helped secure a new round of DMCA anticircumvention exemptions</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on November 4, 2021 - 1:56pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>We have some good news to share. The FSF was one of several activist organizations pushing for exemptions to the anticircumvention rules under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that make breaking Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) illegal, even for ethical and legitimate purposes. We helped bring public awareness to a process that is too often only a conversation between lawyers and bureaucrats. As of late last week, there are now multiple new exemptions that will help ease some of the acute abuse DRM inflicts on users. However, the</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/activists-including-fsf-helped-secure-new-round-dmca-anticircumvention-exemptions" rel="tag" title="Activists (including the FSF) helped secure a new round of DMCA anticircumvention exemptions">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Activists (including the FSF) helped secure a new round of DMCA anticircumvention exemptions</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/idad_2020_sent_netflix_and_drm_message" rel="bookmark">IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 16, 2020 - 12:53pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><figure style="width:40%; float:right"><a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2020"> <img style="width:100%" src="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/sites/defectivebydesign.org/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/cancel-netflix_0.png" /></a> </figure><p>December 4th was the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and its Defective by Design (DBD) campaign's fourteenth <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2020">International Day Against DRM</a> (IDAD), and we couldn't have done it without your help. Given</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/idad_2020_sent_netflix_and_drm_message" rel="tag" title="IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about IDAD 2020 sent Netflix and DRM a message</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/international_day_against_drm_idad_today_heres_what_you_can_do_help" rel="bookmark">The International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is today -- here's what you can do to help</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 4, 2020 - 9:35am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><figure style="width:40%; float:right"><a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2020"> <img style="width:100%" src="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/sites/defectivebydesign.org/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/cancel-netflix_0.png" /></a> </figure><p>There's no time like the present to stand up against <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management</a> (DRM). Fittingly, <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/international_day_against_drm_idad_almost_here_stand_us_dec_4">today</a> is the</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/international_day_against_drm_idad_today_heres_what_you_can_do_help" rel="tag" title="The International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is today -- here's what you can do to help">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is today -- here's what you can do to help</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/international_day_against_drm_idad_almost_here_stand_us_dec_4" rel="bookmark">International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is almost here: Stand with us on Dec. 4</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on December 2, 2020 - 12:20pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><figure style="width:40%; float:right"><a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2020"> <img style="width:100%" src="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/sites/defectivebydesign.org/files/styles/flexslider_full/public/cancel-netflix_0.png" /></a> </figure><p>Although many of us are in quarantine, that doesn't mean that we have to cease our fight against <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management</a> (DRM).</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/international_day_against_drm_idad_almost_here_stand_us_dec_4" rel="tag" title="International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is almost here: Stand with us on Dec. 4">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is almost here: Stand with us on Dec. 4</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/help_fight_against_dmca_anticircumvention_rules_december_7th" rel="bookmark">Help in the fight against DMCA anti-circumvention rules by December 7th</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Donald Robertson</span> on November 25, 2020 - 1:00pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The United States Copyright Office is now accepting comments in support of exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) anti-circumvention provisions, and we need your help by December 7th to ensure that every new exemption is granted.</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/help_fight_against_dmca_anticircumvention_rules_december_7th" rel="tag" title="Help in the fight against DMCA anti-circumvention rules by December 7th">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Help in the fight against DMCA anti-circumvention rules by December 7th</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56472" title="Read Donald Robertson's latest blog entries.">Donald Robertson's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/platform_exclusivity_drm_and_independent_authors_cautionary_tale" rel="bookmark">Platform exclusivity, DRM, and independent authors: A cautionary tale</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Anonymous (not verified)</span> on November 24, 2020 - 12:50pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><em>This is a guest post by Rory Price. Rory is a science fiction author and <a href="https://fsf.org">free software supporter</a> who releases much of his own work under free licenses. You can visit his homepage at <a href="https://roryprice.net">https://roryprice.net</a>.</em></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/platform_exclusivity_drm_and_independent_authors_cautionary_tale" rel="tag" title="Platform exclusivity, DRM, and independent authors: A cautionary tale">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Platform exclusivity, DRM, and independent authors: A cautionary tale</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/0" title="Read Anonymous's latest blog entries.">Anonymous's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/fsf_giving_guide_its_thought_counts_so_think_freedom" rel="bookmark">FSF Giving Guide: It's the thought that counts, so think freedom</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on November 19, 2020 - 1:02pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><a href="https://fsf.org/givingguide/"><img src="https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/images/givingguide/gg-red.png" width="40%" align="right" hspace="20" vspace="20" /></a></p> <p>Even though we're still in the midst of the pandemic, the holiday season is upon us, and with it comes the time people around the world give gifts to show their appreciation. Companies are starting their sales early this year, and as usual are focusing heavily on tech gifts. But before you buy anything, you should make sure that that gift isn't putting your friend or family member under unjust control.</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/fsf_giving_guide_its_thought_counts_so_think_freedom" rel="tag" title="FSF Giving Guide: It's the thought that counts, so think freedom">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about FSF Giving Guide: It's the thought that counts, so think freedom</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/streaming_services_beware_international_day_against_drm_idad_coming_dec_4" rel="bookmark">Streaming services, beware: International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is coming Dec. 4</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on October 21, 2020 - 10:09am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The fourteenth <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2020">International Day Against DRM</a> (IDAD) is coming soon, and the <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design (DbD)</a> campaign needs your help to spread the word. This year's annual day in protest of <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management</a> (DRM) will be on <strong>December 4th, 2020</strong>, and will focus on streaming services' unjust use of DRM. We need your</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/streaming_services_beware_international_day_against_drm_idad_coming_dec_4" rel="tag" title="Streaming services, beware: International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is coming Dec. 4">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Streaming services, beware: International Day Against DRM (IDAD) is coming Dec. 4</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/cos%C3%A8_successo_e_dove_siamo_arrivati_una_breve_storia_del_drm" rel="bookmark">Cos'è successo e dove siamo arrivati: Una breve storia del DRM</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Anonymous (not verified)</span> on September 22, 2020 - 10:16am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><em>The following blog post is by FSF fall intern Leonardo Vignini. To read it in English, go to <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/what_has_happened_and_where_weve_come_short_history_drm">https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/what_has_happened_and_where_weve_come_short_history_drm</a>.</em></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/cos%C3%A8_successo_e_dove_siamo_arrivati_una_breve_storia_del_drm" rel="tag" title="Cos'è successo e dove siamo arrivati: Una breve storia del DRM">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Cos'è successo e dove siamo arrivati: Una breve storia del DRM</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/0" title="Read Anonymous's latest blog entries.">Anonymous's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/dmca_could_use_update_not_one_us_copyright_office_recommends" rel="bookmark">The DMCA could use an update, but not the one US Copyright Office recommends</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Donald Robertson</span> on August 31, 2020 - 12:46pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><em>The United States Copyright Office has released a report recommending updates to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), while leaving anti-circumvention rules unchanged.</em></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/dmca_could_use_update_not_one_us_copyright_office_recommends" rel="tag" title="The DMCA could use an update, but not the one US Copyright Office recommends">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The DMCA could use an update, but not the one US Copyright Office recommends</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56472" title="Read Donald Robertson's latest blog entries.">Donald Robertson's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/what_has_happened_and_where_weve_come_short_history_drm" rel="bookmark">What has happened and where we've come: A short history of DRM</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">danam</span> on July 24, 2020 - 11:57am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><em>The following blog post is by FSF fall intern Leonardo Vignini. For more information on interning with the FSF, please <a href="https://www.fsf.org/volunteer/internships">click here</a>. To read this post in Italian, see <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/cos%C3%A8_successo_e_dove_siamo_arrivati_una_breve_storia_del_drm">https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/cos%C3%A8_successo_e_dove_siamo_arrivati_una_breve_storia_del_drm</a>.</em></p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/what_has_happened_and_where_weve_come_short_history_drm" rel="tag" title="What has happened and where we've come: A short history of DRM">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about What has happened and where we've come: A short history of DRM</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56528" title="Read danam's latest blog entries.">danam's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/staying_safe_while_you_stream_dbds_tips_living_drmfree_during_quarantine" rel="bookmark">Staying "safe" while you stream: DBD's tips on living DRM-free during quarantine</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on April 7, 2020 - 2:40pm</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>As most of us are cooped up in our homes due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it's somewhat natural that we turn to online movies, music, and other media to help pass the time. For most people, this involves turning to <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/spring_mouse_trap_dont_fall_disney">Internet streaming</a> for convenient, "all-in-one" services that promise an endless array of recommendations to while away the hours.</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/staying_safe_while_you_stream_dbds_tips_living_drmfree_during_quarantine" rel="tag" title="Staying "safe" while you stream: DBD's tips on living DRM-free during quarantine">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Staying "safe" while you stream: DBD's tips on living DRM-free during quarantine</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/spring_mouse_trap_dont_fall_disney" rel="bookmark">Spring the mouse trap: don't fall for Disney+</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Greg Farough</span> on January 28, 2020 - 8:45am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>It's common to feel a little uneasy when it comes to Disney. Most people know that the mouse didn't get to where he is now by himself, and that behind him there are more shadowy people wearing suits than their cheerful advertising admits. Likewise, the intricate control and extensive surveillance they have over their parks can be seen as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_the_Magic_Kingdom">playground for dystopia</a>.</p></div></div></div> </div> <ul class="links links--inline node__links"><li class="node-readmore first"><a href="/blog/spring_mouse_trap_dont_fall_disney" rel="tag" title="Spring the mouse trap: don't fall for Disney+">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Spring the mouse trap: don't fall for Disney+</span></a></li> <li class="blog_usernames_blog last"><a href="/blog/56600" title="Read Greg Farough's latest blog entries.">Greg Farough's blog</a></li> </ul> </article> <article role="article" class="node node--blog node--promoted node-teaser node--teaser node--blog--teaser"> <header> <h2 class="node__title"><a href="/blog/it_time_end_dmca_anticircumvention_exemptions_process_and_put_stop_drm" rel="bookmark">It is time to end the DMCA anti-circumvention exemptions process and put a stop to DRM</a></h2> </header> <footer class="node__submitted"> <p class="submitted">Submitted by <span class="username">Donald Robertson</span> on January 22, 2020 - 10:31am</p> </footer> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>It seems like only <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/2018_dmca_anticircumvention_exemption_process_some_progress_not_enough">yesterday</a> that we were wrapping up the 2018 round of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anti-circumvention exemption process. 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