[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcforum] Fw: iPad DRM is a dangerous step backward. Sign the petition!

[Michel Bauwens]

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Date: Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Subject: [fcforum] Fw: iPad DRM is a dangerous step backward. Sign the
petition!
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Dear supporter,

Today, Apple launched a computer that will never belong to its owner.
Apple will use Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to gain total veto
power over the applications you use and the media you can view.

We've launched a petition calling out Apple's new product for what it is:
a frightening step backward for computing and for media distribution. Can
you read it, sign it, and share with friends?

http://defectivebydesign.org/ipad

Also, when you've signed, please take the time to share the petition on
sites like Identi.ca and Reddit:

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/shareipad

Defective by Design's John Sullivan is on the ground at the Apple event
with a group of protesters, letting the public and journalists know about
the "Restriction Zone" Apple is constructing around their products. We'll
be posting images from the event throughout the day, so sign the petition
and please check back frequently and help us circulate these images.

http://defectivebydesign.org/ipad

This summer we saw the dangers of DRM on ebook readers, when Amazon
deleted hundreds of copies of George Orwell's 1984 from readers' computers
while they slept. Applying this control to a general purpose computer
marketed especially for media distribution is a huge step backward for
computing, and a blow to the media revolution that happened when the web
let bloggers reach millions without asking for permission.

DRM and forced updates will give Apple and their corporate partners the
power to disable features, restrict competition, censor news, and even
delete books, videos, or news stories from users' computers while they
sleep-- using the device's "always on" network connection.

Apple can say they will not abuse this power, but their record of App
Store rejections gives us no reason to trust them. The Apple Tablet's
unprecedented use of DRM to control all capabilities of a general purpose
computer is a dangerous step backward for computing and for media
distribution; we demand that Apple remove DRM from the device.

http://defectivebydesign.org/ipad

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely, Holmes Wilson, Matt Lee, Deborah Nicholson, Peter Brown and
John Sullivan -- the DRM Elimination Team

P.S. If you haven't already, register your Defective by Design account:
http://defectivebydesign.org/user/register

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