www/philosophy proprietary-drm.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       14/03/21 12:54:08

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        philosophy     : proprietary-drm.html 

Log message:
        Initial version.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/proprietary-drm.html?cvsroot=www&rev=1.1

Patches:
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+
+<title>Proprietary DRM - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/proprietary-sabotage.translist" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<h2>Proprietary DRM</h2>
+
+<p>Here are examples of proprietary programs and systems that
+implement <em>digital restrictions management</em> (<acronym>DRM</acronym>):
+functionalities designed intentionally to restrict what users can do.
+These functionalities are also called <em>digital handcuffs</em>.
+</p>
+
+<p>DRM is reinforced by
+<a 
href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/feb/05/digital-rights-management";>
+censorship laws</a> that ban software (and hardware) that can break
+the handcuffs.  Instead of these laws, DRM ought to illegal.  Please
+support our campaign
+to <a href="http://DefectiveByDesign.org/";>abolish DRM</a>.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p><a href="http://science.opposingviews.com/kindle-drm-17841.html";>
+The Amazon Kindle has DRM</a>.  That article is flawed in that it
+fails to treat DRM as an ethical question; it takes for granted that
+whatever Amazon might do to its users is legitimate.  It refers to DRM
+as digital &ldquo;rights&rdquo; management, which is the spin term
+used to promote DRM.  Nonetheless it serves as a reference for the
+facts.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+We refer to that product as the
+<a href="/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle.html"> Amazon Swindle </a>
+because of this and <a href="/philosophy/ebooks.html">
+other malicious functionalities</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/aacs-tentacles/";>DRM
+in Windows</a>, introduced to cater to <a href="#bluray">Bluray</a>
+disks.  (The article talks about how the same malware would later be
+introduced in MacOS.  That had not been done at the time, but it was
+done subsequently.)
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/11/apple-downgrades-macbook-video-drm";>DRM
+in MacOS</a>.  This article focuses on the fact that a new model of
+Macbook introduced a requirement for monitors to have malicious
+hardware, but DRM software in MacOS is involved in activating the
+hardware.  The software for accessing Itunes is also responsible.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/adobe-pushes-drm-flash";>
+DRM in Flash Player</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a 
href="http://www.nclnet.org/technology/73-digital-rights-management/124-whos-driving-the-copyright-laws-consumers-insist-on-the-right-to-back-it-up";>
+DVDs and <a name="bluray">Bluray</a> disks have DRM</a>.
+</p>
+
+<p>That page uses spin terms that favor DRM,
+including <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#DigitalRightsManagement">
+digital &ldquo;rights&rdquo; management</a>
+and <a 
href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Protect">&ldquo;protect&rdquo;</a>,
+and it claims that &ldquo;artists&rdquo; (rather than companies) are
+primarily responsible for putting digital restrictions management into
+these disks.  Nonetheless, it is a reference for the facts.
+</p>
+
+<p>Every Bluray disk (with few, rare exceptions) has DRM &mdash; so
+don't use Bluray disks!
+</p>
+</li>
+
+<li>
+<p><a 
href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/drm-cars-will-drive-consumers-crazy";>
+DRM in Cars Will Drive Consumers Crazy</a>.
+</p>
+</li>
+
+
+</ul>
+
+</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
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+<div class="unprintable">
+
+<p>Please send general FSF &amp; GNU inquiries to
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+README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations
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+Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p>
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+<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" -->
+
+<p></p><p class="unprintable">Updated:
+<!-- timestamp start -->
+$Date: 2014/03/21 12:54:07 $
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+</p>
+</div>
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+</html>