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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is planning a large-scale campaign against Digital Rights Management (DRM). Peter Brown, the executive director of the Free Software Foundation, said a campaign will be organised to target both consumers and manufacturers after the second draft of GPL 3 is released. GPL 3 will include provisions against Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology.
"We haven't got the campaign organised yet, but we're going to be employing a professional campaigner," he said. "There is a real potential for people power, whether it's boycotting devices, or picketing certain places — there are a lot of lovely targets out there. We have thousands and thousands of free software supporters out there and they will be deeply involved in the campaign."
Brown hopes that people will increasingly understand the need for Free software. "When you ask people about free software they should instinctively believe in free software. Just like people say 'I recycle my cans,' but don't understand the process behind it, you don't need to have read the GPL, or been a programmer to understand that a computer should be under your control.
I'm glad to see this. As ridiculous as DRM sounds, and as easily as it is defeated, there is an extremely strong push from a lot of the big players to ram DRM down our throats: Sony, Microsoft, Intel, MPAA, RIAA- all the usual suspects. You might have read the comments from the RealPlayer retard, excuse me I mean spokesidiot, whining about if Linux won't implement DRM then users will be deprived of its benefits. It's just the beginning, and it's going to get very bad. Don't make the mistake of believing that businesspeople are smart people who make these sorts of decisions based on data and sound reasoning. They don't, it's all driven by greed, fear, and brain damage.
Thank you. There is going to be alot of noise about this...at least I hope so. We are about to see what our Congressmen and Senators have to say about it. That, combined with an aware consumer just might be able to turn the tide. I'm not optimistic,,,but hopeful. This will need to be a rally from the FOSS Community.
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