Début du message transféré : > Expéditeur: "Greg Farough, FSF" <[email protected]> > Date: 6 septembre 2019 à 05:27:23 UTC+2 > Destinataire: Michael Parchet <[email protected]> > Objet: Help defend the right to read: stand up against DRM on October 12th > Répondre à: "Greg Farough, FSF" <[email protected]> > > > > Please consider adding [email protected] to your address book, which will ensure > that our messages reach you and not your spam box. > > Read and share online: > https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/help-defend-the-right-to-read-stand-up-against-drm-on-october-12th > > Dear Michael Parchet, > > Defective by Design is calling on you to stand up against Digital > Restrictions Management (DRM) on the International Day Against DRM (IDAD) on > October 12th, 2019. This year we will be focusing specifically on everyone's > right to read, particularly by urging publishers to free students and > educators from the unnecessary and cumbersome restrictions that make their > access to necessary course materials far more difficult. > > For years, products incorporating Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) have > been a plague upon the Web, and have gradually infiltrated nearly every > aspect of digital society. New developments have reminded all of us that DRM > is now more of a threat than ever. Many people were impacted by Microsoft's > Orwellian "ebook apocalypse," in which thousands of books were forcibly > deleted from ebook readers and smartphones. Recently we have seen DRM extend > its sinister influence into education, especially in the form of > "digital-first" textbooks that put onerous restrictions on students that > forbid them from accessing the course materials they have bought, and the > education that they deserve. The "Netflix of textbooks" model practiced by > the major textbook publisher Pearson is a Trojan horse for education: > requiring a constant Internet connection for "authentication" purposes, > severely limiting the number of pages a student can read at one time, and > secretly collecting telemetric data on their reading habits. > > It is universally agreed that each person has a right to be educated -- so > why are major publishers like Pearson placing digital handcuffs on students > that make learning more difficult? This year, we will be asking both > corporations and everyday people alike to demonstrate their commitment to > education. For publishers like Pearson, that means the immediate removal of > DRM from any and all of their educational materials. We will also be showing > you how easy it is to make contributions to ethical, freely licensed, and > DRM-free textbooks by sponsoring both Boston-area and remote hackathons. > > DRM poses a serious threat to our collective cultural heritage, and has > wide-reaching implications for historical preservation. It also severely > limits what can be viewed "legitimately" by those in other nations by putting > an arbitrary location-based block on many different kinds of media. In a > world where companies like Pearson and Amazon have the ability to make > unauthorized books "disappear" from all of their users' devices, it's not > hard to imagine how this power could be used for even greater injustices. > Will the next ebook apocalypse happen simply because a given book is too > critical of its publisher, or the country it's discussing? If works are made > exclusive to a digitally restricted platform, who knows what important works > will be lost the next time this happens? > > For thirteen years, we have used IDAD to mobilize actions that stand up for > the freedom of users everywhere. This year, we'll be continuing the fight by > bringing in a round of in-person actions, guest bloggers, organizing tips, > and a few surprises that you won't want to miss. Follow along with us at the > Defective by Design Web site, join the DRM Elimination Crew mailing list, and > read about our past actions, such as last year's IDAD, and our protest of the > W3C's decision to embed DRM into the core framework of the Internet. > > If you're new to the movement and looking for ways to avoid DRM, or just want > to learn more, take a look at our Guide to DRM-Free Living. This year, we've > updated it with lists of retailers to avoid and ones to support, in addition > to giving general tips on how to tell whether a book, video, or piece of > music is DRM-encumbered. > > As we become ever more reliant on digital methods of accessing our shared > cultural history, the question of who controls that access and how they > control it becomes a crucial one. In standing up against DRM, you are not > only standing up for the rights of students and other readers now, but for > those in years to come. Our successes in past years could not have happened > without your help. Every voice raised in protest of DRM weakens the hold it > has on all of us. Together, we are confident that we can end it once and for > all. > > How to participate > > The easiest way to participate is to join us in going a Day Without DRM, and > resolve to spend an entire day (or longer!) without Netflix, Hulu, and other > restricted services to show your support of the movement. Document your > experiences on social media using the tags "#idad" or "#dbd," and let us know > at [email protected] if you have a special story you'd like us to > share. > > Even more effective is to join up with others to make your voice louder. > We'll be providing activists around the world with support here on how they > can stage their own local in-person event, as well as how to join us online > while we help improve the free and ethical alternatives to educational > materials restricted by DRM. > > In Boston, we'll be leading the way with our own demonstration on October > 12th, 2019 at Pearson Education's corporate offices, followed by an evening > hackathon on collaborative, freely licensed educational materials. > > Follow us on GNU social or Twitter (with caveats) to stay posted on all the > events we have planned, in addition to more news items on how you can resist > DRM. > > If you're IRC-inclined, join us in the #dbd channel on the Freenode network > for real-time chat and collaboration on DRM-related actions. > > Join and take part in discussions on the DRM Elimination Crew mailing list, > where we'll be sending all of the information about this year's campaign. > > Are you an organization or project interested in supporting IDAD? We're > looking for vendors of DRM-free media, organizations that support the > building of a DRM-free world, and those who believe in the mission of DbD to > participate by offering sales, writing blog posts, organizing events, and > sharing information with your members about IDAD. Please contact us at > [email protected] for more information. > > Solidarity, > > Greg Farough > Campaigns Manager > Free Software Foundation > > Follow us on GNU social | Follow us on Diaspora | Follow us on Twitter > Read about why we use Twitter, but only with caveats > Subscribe to our blog via RSS > Join us as an associate member > Read the Free Software Foundation Privacy Policy > Sent from the Free Software Foundation, > 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor > Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 > United States > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list by visiting the link > https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=159196&qid=45136657&h=5d96573ac0a7703a. > To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by > Design, > and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, click this link: > https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=159196&qid=45136657&h=5d96573ac0a7703a.
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