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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<html newsdate="2019-10-12">
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>Today is the Day Against DRM</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>Today is the Day Against DRM</h1>
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<p>
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Join us and the Free Software Foundation in the fight against DRM!
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Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is any technology that is built
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into an electronic product or service with the aim of limiting its
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use. It is designed to prevent customers from using digital
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technology in ways that do not correspond to the business agenda of a
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content provider or device manufacturer.
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</p>
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<figure class="float-right">
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<img
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src="/drm.info/graphics/inchains.png"
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alt="Technical devices in chains as a symbol for DRM" />
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<figcaption>
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CC BY-SA 3.0 - Brendan Mruk and Matt Lee
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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<a href="/activities/drm/drm.html">Digital Restrictions
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Managements</a> often restricts individuals from doing things that
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are perfectly legal, so we might not be able to put together a mix of
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music files we bought legally, or to lend an e-book to a friend. Even
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backups can be restricted. Restrictions management technology removes
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basic rights and freedoms in the digital world. All DRM systems have
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one thing in common: They give businesses control over things that
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we, the owners, should be in control of. For example, businesses
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decide how often we can play the movies we paid for and what kind of
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files we can read on our e-book reader.
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</p>
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<p>
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Free Software is software that puts the user in control of their own
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devices. In contrast, DRM Digital Restrictions Management is
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technology to put the user under control of a third party: these two
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goals are fundamentally incompatible.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you want to get active on this topic, you can support the Day
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Against DRM which takes place every year. This campaign is organised
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by the Free Software Foundation, our sister organisation based in the
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US. On the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org">campaign
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website</a> you also can find a list of DRM-free-platforms for books,
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videos and audio files. To raise more awareness about the topic
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yourself, you can order our <a
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href="/contribute/spreadtheword#drm-leaflet">leaflet about DRM</a> or
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recommend the <a href="/news/podcast/episode-1.html">first episode of
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our Software Freedom Podcast</a> with Cory Doctorow on this topic.
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</p>
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</body>
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<tags>
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<tag key="front-page"/>
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<tag key="drm">DRM</tag>
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<tag key="campaigns">Campaigns</tag>
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</tags>
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<image url="/drm.info/graphics/inchains_large.jpg" />
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</html>
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