Notices by Defective by Design (dbd) tagged drm
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Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2020 17:40:36 UTC 
Defective by Design
While Basecamp is proprietary software, Apple's rejection of the "Hey" app is a demonstration of the unjust power that Apple and other companies hold over users, using #DRM and the DMCA to block you from getting apps from anyone else: https://u.fsf.org/33w -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 11-Jun-2020 20:08:43 UTC
Defective by Design
Today in ridiculous #DRM: your GE refrigerator will stop dispensing water or ice if you don't replace the filter when they tell you to. https://u.fsf.org/33t -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Tuesday, 19-May-2020 20:34:55 UTC
Defective by Design
Streaming under quarantine doesn't have to involve #DRM. Check out our highlights from the DRM-free Guide here, and share with your friends and family! https://u.fsf.org/316 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 19-Mar-2020 16:22:39 UTC
Defective by Design
#DRM on medical equipment has always been a threat to human health and lives, as well as a violation of our rights, and now DRM on ventilators may actually cost lives: https://u.fsf.org/30n -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2020 19:16:17 UTC
Defective by Design
Attending #PAXEast? This is the perfect opportunity to voice your opposition to #DRM. Double-jump out of #Steam or #Nintendo's walled garden and into freedom instead. -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2020 17:42:26 UTC
Defective by Design
If you're worried about how #DRM is helping to usher in the post-ownership age, you should check out the talk "Rented future: The dangerous rise of life as a service "at the #LibrePlanet2020 conference, 3/14: https://u.fsf.org/lp20sch Register here: https://u.fsf.org/lp20reg -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 30-Jan-2020 22:44:03 UTC
Defective by Design
Disney's power in the movie industry has allowed them to build a better mousetrap in the form of Disney+. #DRM #DMCA #DefectiveByDesign https://u.fsf.org/2-j -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2019 17:41:47 UTC
Defective by Design
Netflix #DRM finds yet another way to limit your choices: older Samsung and Panasonic "smart" televisions and Roku devices will no longer work with the Netflix app. We weren't kidding when we said that DRM makes software and devices defective by design. https://u.fsf.org/2yd -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2019 18:51:53 UTC
Defective by Design
Fight #DRM with these conversation-starting book dust jackets, now also available in Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese! To print or contribute a translation in your native language, visit: https://u.fsf.org/2y5 #dbd #DayAgainstDRM https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1457020 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2019 15:20:15 UTC
Defective by Design
Congratulations to @FSFE on the launch of Software Freedom Podcast, which is off to an incredible start with their interview of @doctorow on the subject of #DRM and the #DayAgainstDRM! #dbd https://u.fsf.org/2y4 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2019 19:10:59 UTC
Defective by Design
The fight against unjust ebook #DRM continues in Boston. Don't let your textbooks expire: refuse digital handcuffs! #dbd #DayAgainstDRM #IDAD https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1462250 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 21:03:08 UTC
Defective by Design
For our French followers: listen to and share the APRIL podcast about #DRM's digital handcuffs and how it threatens our digital freedom. #dbd #IDAD https://u.fsf.org/2xd -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 21:00:38 UTC
Defective by Design
Print and share these special dust jackets to let the world know about the horrors of ebook #DRM, and join us *tomorrow* for the International Day Against DRM 2019! #IDAD #dbd https://u.fsf.org/2xe https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1460225 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Oct-2019 15:45:03 UTC
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Boston-area supporters: we're gearing up for the International Day Against #DRM #idad, and we've got some activities planned -- join us to make signs and to protest Pearson's digital handcuffing of college textbooks: https://u.fsf.org/2x5 https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1432020 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Monday, 30-Sep-2019 17:16:20 UTC
Defective by Design
If you want to develop a temporary eye twitch, read the paragraph about pricing schemes libraries have to cope with for #DRM encumbered ebooks: https://u.fsf.org/2ws Join us to fight against #DRM on October 12: https://u.fsf.org/2wo https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1425748 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2019 17:46:49 UTC
Defective by Design
Join us to defend the right to read on October 12! This International Day Against #DRM #IDAD we're focusing on the digital handcuffs Pearson is placing on their textbooks: https://u.fsf.org/2wo https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1050237 -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Sep-2019 16:28:31 UTC
Defective by Design
#DRM never delivered a world of flexible consumer choice, but it was never supposed to: https://u.fsf.org/2wl -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Friday, 19-Jul-2019 14:19:37 UTC
Defective by Design
Cory Doctorow's new book, "Radicalized," opens with the story "Unauthorized Bread," a clever and compelling fable about #DRM, and the grim future we face if we don't fight back today. Read our review here: https://u.fsf.org/2vl -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jul-2019 19:34:37 UTC
Defective by Design
FSF's John Sullivan in @WIRED on the Microsoft ebook apocalypse: “This is why we call #DRM media and devices defective by design, or broken from the beginning. There’s self-destruction built into the whole concept.” https://u.fsf.org/2v4 https://u.fsf.org/dbd -
Defective by Design (dbd)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2019 19:46:13 UTC
Defective by Design
Microsoft is shutting down their DRM-locked ebook store, and taking away every book that every one of its customers acquired effective July 1. DRM ebooks are never safe! https://u.fsf.org/2sj Learn more about our fight against #DRM: https://u.fsf.org/1
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