Sign the open letter to Steve Jobs, Drop DRM! March 20, 2007
DefectiveByDesign.org has posted an open letter to Steve Jobs following his February 7th comments on getting rid of DRM on iTunes music. You can sign the letter and add your comments to be sent with it. From the site,
“Sign this letter to Steve Jobs asking him to back his pledge on DRM by April 1. We will send the letter, with your comments to Steve, on April 1, and include a big thank you because he has taken one of these actions, or a jesters hat for him to wear if he hasn’t. We will publish the best/funniest comments through out the month!”
Indie artist says DRM is “extremely stupid” July 6, 2006
From technozid.de, BB, the German bitpop group Bodenständig 2000 is done with itunes and DRM. While some members of the band think file sharing may contribute to lost revenue, DRM is most definitely not the answer, at least not for them, and they have finally managed to opt out.
“We know that mp3 is part of our relative
poverty, but Apples proprietary digital rights
management is an extremely stupid answer.”
I have never seen Digital Rights Management used to do anything other then infringe upon the rights granted to the public by law. More and more artists are realizing that DRM is the worst thing you can do to artistic expression, aside from a good old fashioned book burning.
