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Customers streaming away from Netflix 4 Jul 2013 | 02:27 am
Remember Turn off the TV Week? A chance each summer to switch off the boob tube, recover from brain rot, and maybe even spend some extra time out in the sunshine? This summer, we have an even better r...
#CancelNetflix: Arrested Development isn't the only thing they screwed up 28 Jun 2013 | 12:52 am
Netflix just announced that they are streaming videos in HTML5, only in browsers with "Premium Video Extensions". You know what that means -- Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The announcement i...
International Day Against DRM 2013 sent a message 21 May 2013 | 02:13 am
The seventh annual International Day Against DRM featured a glamorous petition delivery, awareness-raising events on three continents, and ebook sales from prominent DRM-free publishers. Some of the...
Oscar awarded to W3C for Best Supporting Role in "The Hollyweb" 4 May 2013 | 12:37 am
In celebration of International Day Against DRM today, we rolled out the red carpet at W3C to deliver your petition signatures. Internet freedom's most stylish gathered to present W3C with an award fo...
Show your friends you care about freedom from DRM; use a banner on your social media profile 2 May 2013 | 09:27 pm
The fight to keep DRM out of HTML is heating up. This Friday, Defective by Design will pay a visit to the Cambridge, MA, office of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to hand-deliver our petition agai...
This Friday is International Day Against DRM 30 Apr 2013 | 12:31 am
International Day Against DRM is this Friday, May 3rd. People all over the world are going to be showing their opposition to DRM, and you can join them! Organize a local event today and we'll help yo...
Defective by Design and allies condemn proposal for building Digital Restrictions Management into the Web 24 Apr 2013 | 11:12 pm
Today Defective by Design, through the Free Software Foundation, joined twenty-six other organizations in releasing a joint letter to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web's standards-setting b...
Tell W3C: We don't want the Hollyweb 23 Mar 2013 | 12:54 am
Hollywood is at it again. Its latest ploy to take over the Web? Use its influence at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to weave Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) into HTML5 — in other words, int...
New and improved label for DRM-free files 8 Mar 2013 | 07:22 am
Soon after announcing the big expansion and complete overhaul of our Guide to DRM-free Living, we also announced the DRM-free label, an effort to create recognizable branding for providers of DRM-free...
Mar. 4th in Strand: Vote for DRM-free books! 1 Mar 2013 | 12:22 am
The Book Industry Communication is holding a debate on Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) in Strand on March 4th. Can you attend and vote DRM-free? The "debate", which will include a panel of expe...
