At Seattle's WinHEC conference yesterday, activists of the Free Software Foundations "Defective by Design"-campaign informed attendees about the dangers of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), just as Bill Gates was about to give a keynote speech on the new Windows Vista's DRM features and Microsoft's future.
From FSF's article about the campaign:
"In any other industry, such limitations or invasions would be
considered major flaws. A media player that restricts what you can play
is like a car that you won't let you steer," said Brown. "Products
containing DRM are defective -- only, unlike other products, these
defects are deliberately created by an industry that has long stopped
caring about us."
The protesters wore bright-yellow suits for dealing with hazardous material, conveying the message that DRM pollutes personal computers and turns them into a danger to their users.
Photos are available on flickr.
via BoingBoing
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