CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" class="en no-js "> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> <meta name="viewport" content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"'> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/look/fsfe.min.css?20230215" type="text/css"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="/look/print.css" type="text/css"> <link rel="icon" href="/graphics/fsfe.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/graphics/touch-icon.png" type="image/png"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/graphics/touch-icon.png" type="image/png"> <link rel="alternate" title="FSFE " href="/news/news.en.rss" type="application/rss+xml"> <link rel="alternate" title="FSFE " href="/events/events.en.rss" type="application/rss+xml"> <link type="text/html" rel="alternate" hreflang="de" lang="de" href="/news/podcast/episode-1.de.html" title="Deutsch"> <link type="text/html" rel="alternate" hreflang="en" lang="en" href="/news/podcast/episode-1.en.html" title="English"> <link type="text/html" rel="alternate" hreflang="it" lang="it" href="/news/podcast/episode-1.it.html" title="Italiano"> <link type="text/html" rel="alternate" hreflang="nl" lang="nl" href="/news/podcast/episode-1.nl.html" title="Nederlands"> <meta name="description" content="We have a Podcast! Starting with this episode, we will talk once a month with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In our first episode ..."> <meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@fsfe@mastodon.social"> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@fsfe"> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://fsfe.org/graphics/podcast-logo.png"> <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="Logo of the Software Freedom Podcast"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="SFP#1 on Day Against DRM with Cory Doctorow - FSFE"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="We have a Podcast! Starting with this episode, we will talk once a month with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In our first episode ..."> <meta property="og:type" content="article"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://fsfe.org/graphics/podcast-logo.png"> <meta property="og:image:alt" content="Logo of the Software Freedom Podcast"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-1.html"> <meta property="og:title" content="SFP#1 on Day Against DRM with Cory Doctorow - FSFE"> <meta property="og:description" content="We have a Podcast! Starting with this episode, we will talk once a month with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In our first episode ..."> <script src="/scripts/jquery-3.5.1.min.js"></script><script src="/scripts/modernizr.custom.65251.js"></script> <title>SFP#1 on Day Against DRM with Cory Doctorow - FSFE</title> </head> <body class="news"> <nav id="translations" class="alert"><a class="close" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#translations" href="#"> × </a><a class="contribute-translation" href="/contribute/translators/index.en.html">Translate this page?</a><ul> <li><a href="/news/podcast/episode-1.de.html">Deutsch</a></li> <li>English</li> <li><a href="/news/podcast/episode-1.it.html">Italiano</a></li> <li><a href="/news/podcast/episode-1.nl.html">Nederlands</a></li> </ul></nav><header id="top"><div id="masthead"><a id="logo" href="/index.en.html"><span>Free Software Foundation Europe</span></a></div> <nav id="menu"><p>Go to:</p> <ul id="direct-links"> <li id="direct-to-menu-list"><a href="#menu-list">Menu</a></li> <li id="direct-to-content"><a href="#content">Content</a></li> <li id="direct-to-page-info"><a href="#page-info">Page info</a></li> </ul> <input type="checkbox" id="burger"><label for="burger"><i class="fa fa-bars fa-lg"></i></label><div id="menu-list"> <ul><li id="menu-donate"><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate?referrer=https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-1.html"><i class="fa fa-heart-o fa-lg"></i> Donate</a></li></ul> <ul id="menu-sections"> <li><a href="/about/about.en.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="/activities/activities.en.html">Activities</a></li> <li><a href="/contribute/contribute.en.html">Contribute</a></li> <li class="visible-xs"><a href="/news/news.en.html">Latest News</a></li> <li class="visible-xs"><a href="/events/events.en.html">Upcoming Events</a></li> <li class="visible-xs"><a href="/news/podcast.en.html">Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="/press/press.en.html">Press</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/"><i class="fa fa-sign-in fa-lg"></i> Login</a></li> <li id="menu-translations"><a href="#translations" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#translations"><i class="fa fa-globe fa-lg"></i> Change language</a></li> <li id="menu-search-box"><form method="GET" action="/search/search.en.html"><div class="input-group"> <div class="input-group-btn"><button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button></div> <input placeholder="Search terms..." type="text" name="q" size="10" class="form-control"> </div></form></li> </ul> </div></nav></header><div id="notifications"><div id="infobox"></div></div> <main><div id="content"> <p id="category"><a href="/news/podcast.en.html">Podcast</a></p> <h1 id="id-sfp#1-on-day-against-drm-with-cory-doctorow"> SFP#1 on Day Against DRM with Cory Doctorow </h1> <div id="article-metadata"> <span class="published-on">on: </span><time class="dt-published">2019-10-12</time> </div> <p> We have a Podcast! Starting with this episode, we will talk once a month with people who have inspiring ideas about software freedom. In our first episode of our Software Freedom Podcast, we address the issue of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) together with Cory Doctorow, a British-Canadian writer, political activist, and co-editor of the blog boingboing.net. Cory Doctorow is a prominent supporter of software freedom and a less restrictive copyright law. His books are published under Creative Commons licenses. </p> <audio controls="" style="width:100%;"><source src="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP01.opus?ref=player" type="audio/ogg;codecs=opus"></source><source src="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP01.mp3?ref=player" type="audio/mp3"></source>Your browser dows not support the audio element.</audio><div class="podcast-interact inline-buttons clearfix"> <span class="share-buttons"><a href="feed://fsfe.org/news/podcast-opus.en.rss" class="button share-rss">OPUS Feed</a><a href="feed://fsfe.org/news/podcast.en.rss" class="button share-rss">MP3 Feed</a></span><span class="download"><em>Download</em>: <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP01.opus?ref=download"> OPUS </a> | <a href="https://download.fsfe.org/audio/podcast/SFP01.mp3?ref=download"> MP3 </a> | <a href="/news/podcast/transcript/episode-1.html?ref=download"> Transcript </a></span> </div> <p> When we planned the first episode, we exchanged some ideas for possible guests. When we heard that the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2019">Day Against DRM</a> will take place in October we thought: we have to get Cory Doctorow as our first guest on Digital Restrictions Management. In this episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, we talk about the difference between books and an e-books with DRM, how authors and artist can make money without DRM, security implications of DRM, regulation of the so called "Internet of Things", and other questions related to this issue. </p> <p>Read more:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/dayagainstdrm/2019">Day against DRM 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/activities/drm/drm.en.html">More information about DRM</a></li> <li><a href="/contribute/spreadtheword#drm-leaflet">Informative leaflet explaining DRM</a></li> <li><a href="/activities/drm/sony-rootkit-fiasco.en.html">"Revisiting the Sony Rootkit"</a></li> <li><a href="https://boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a></li> </ul> <p>If you liked this episode and want to support our continuing work for software freedom, please help us with a <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">donation</a>.</p> <p id="discussion-link"><a class="learn-more" href="https://community.fsfe.org/t/software-freedom-podcast-1-on-day-against-drm-with-cory-doctorow/344">Discuss this </a></p> <footer id="tags"><h2>Tags</h2> <ul class="tags"><li><a href="/tags/tagged-drm.en.html">DRM</a></li></ul></footer> </div> <aside id="sidebar"><a href="https://my.fsfe.org/support" class="small-donate">Become a supporter</a><h3 class="promo">About the FSFE</h3> <p> Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. </p> <p> Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. It is important that this technology empowers rather than restricts us. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use, study, share, and improve software. These rights help support other fundamental rights like freedom of speech, freedom of press, and privacy. </p> <a href="/about/about.en.html" class="learn-more">Learn more</a></aside></main><aside id="followup" class="subscribe-nl"><h2>Subscribe to our email updates</h2> <p>Our experts inform you about current news, events, activities, and how you can contribute.<span style="font-size:0.8em"> (<a href="/about/legal/imprint.en.html#id-privacy-policy"><span style="color:white; text-decoration: underline;">Privacy Policy</span></a>) </span></p> <form class="form-inline" id="formnl" name="formnl" method="POST" action="https://my.fsfe.org/subscribe"> <input type="hidden" name="language" value="en"><input type="input" style="display: none !important" name="password" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off"><input id="yourname" name="name" type="text" required="required" placeholder="Your Name"><input id="email" name="email1" type="email" required="required" placeholder="Email Address"><fsfe-cd-referrer-input></fsfe-cd-referrer-input><input type="hidden" name="wants_info" value="yes"><input type="hidden" name="wants_newsletter_info" value="yes"><input type="hidden" name="category" value="i"><input id="submit" type="submit" value="Subscribe"> </form></aside><nav id="direct-to-top"><a href="#top">Go to the top</a></nav><footer><div id="page-info"> <div> <p class="share-buttons footer"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fsfe"><img src="/graphics/services/mastodon.png" alt="Mastodon" title="Mastodon"></a><a href="https://media.fsfe.org/a/fsfe/videos"><img src="/graphics/services/peertube.png" alt="Peertube" title="Peertube"></a></p> <p>Copyright © 2001-2025 <a href="/index.en.html">Free Software Foundation Europe</a>.</p> <p> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. </p> </div> <div> <p><a href="/about/contact.en.html">Contact us</a></p> <p><a href="/about/jobs/index.en.html">Jobs</a></p> <p><a href="/about/legal/imprint.en.html">Imprint</a> / <a href="/about/legal/imprint.en.html#id-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> / <a href="/about/transparency-commitment.en.html">Transparency Commitment</a></p> <p> FSFE has <a href="/about/fsfnetwork.en.html">sister organisations</a> in <a href="//www.fsf.org/">North America</a>, <a href="http://fsf.org.in/">India</a> and <a href="http://www.fsfla.org/">Latin America</a>. </p> </div> <div> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://git.fsfe.org/FSFE/fsfe-website/src/branch/master/fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-1.en.xhtml">Source code</a></p> <p><a href="/contribute/web/web.en.html">Contribute to the Web team</a></p> <p><a href="/contribute/translators/translators.en.html">Translate this page?</a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="/about/js-licences.en.html" data-jslicense="1">JavaScript Licences</a></p> </div> </div></footer><script src="/scripts/bootstrap-3.0.3.custom.js"></script> </body> </html>