Dear Free Software Supporter, We're at a crucial moment in the fight against DRM. This year--thanks to the strength of the movement FSF has been building through its Defective By Design campaign--we defeated DRM on music. But DRM on movies, books, games, and other digital media is a bigger threat than ever.
Free software is our best weapon against DRM. When you use free software, no company can use your hardware to control you. You're free to share whatever you want with whomever you want. And there are no artificial rules or restrictions: the only limit is our community's imagination and ingenuity. If you believe that the technology we use should be free from arbitrary restrictions, the best way to put that belief into action is by becoming an FSF member. * https://my.fsf.org/join The FSF can take on controversial campaigns like Defective By Design because it isn't built on the support of big companies and Silicon Valley CEOs: it's built on the support of activists like you. What gives us the independence to speak out--and the power to make our voice heard--is the support of our members and donors. The world *needs* a strong, principled, and uncompromising voice against DRM. Please support this work by becoming an FSF member. The FSF is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and donations are tax deductible in the US. Here are some highlights from Defective by Design's work in 2009: -- 2009 was the year that music DRM died. But when Apple's iTunes store went DRM-free on music, we celebrated the victory without buying the hype: Apple still uses DRM on virtually everything else they sell (movies, TV shows, games, audiobooks, applications, and of course hardware). * <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/itunes-drm-free> -- Ebooks and ebook readers took off this year, and so did the threat of DRM on books. When Amazon deleted copies of George Orwell's 1984 from hundreds of people's ebook readers, we collected thousands of signatures from readers, authors, public intellectuals and librarians demanding an end to ebook DRM. * <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/amazon1984> -- At the same time, we praised and promoted the work of authors and publishers who do the right thing and keep their books DRM-free, like Harlequin's new publishing house Carina Press, or the hundreds of publishers who tagged their work "drmfree". * <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/carina-drm-free> * <http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1240> Through all this, Defective by Design is proud to be the only voice saying loud and clear that there's no such thing as "better" or "friendlier" DRM. No matter how many devices it works on, or what "features" it includes to trick people into accepting it, DRM robs us of our basic rights and insults human curiosity--it needs to go. This work is critical. The FSF is a member-supported nonprofit. Please consider donating or becoming a member today: * <https://my.fsf.org/join> Thanks for your time, and thanks for all the work you've done this year. We're proud of it, and we're proud of you! Sincerely, Holmes Wilson Campaigns Manager Free Software Foundation / Defective by Design info-fsf mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-fsf
