I respect that those artists who create digital art should have
mechanisms to "own" their artwork or to control how it should be
consumed or presented.
DRM is a scheme to restrict the public. This deserves opposition and
defeat -- not "respect". DRM additionally attacks the free software
movement: DRM-loaded works require nonfree software, and free
replacements are censored in the US and some other countries.
This is why we started the DefectiveByDesign.org. I suggest making
GNOME inform users about DefectiveByDesign.org so as to boost the
campaign. (People reading this might want to sign up.)
Two noteworthy erroneous assumptions in that text.
* That DRM is set up by "artists" for their own personal goals.
Typically it is implemented by companies.
* That we "consume" digital works. One of the advantages of digital
formats is that using them does not consume them, or even wear them
out.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call
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