meridian_rose | Day Against DRM

Happy Star Wars Day (May the Fourth be with you)! But today is also Day Against DRM:

While DRM has largely been defeated in downloaded music, it is a growing problem in the area of ebooks, where people have had their books restricted so they can't freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them. They've even had their ebooks deleted by companies without their permission. It continues to be a major issue in the area of movies and video too.

Click on the banner above to read more. Other links:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,227151/printable.html
http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2006/11/the_top_10_argu.html