Tag: DEFECTIVEBYDESIGN

Steve Jobs released an open letter to iTunes critics yesterday entitled, "Thoughts on Music" in which he discusses DRM, the major label system and why iTunes isn't "open." Ok, so in points the letter is factually incorrect. It tends to over-simplify the DRM debate by discounting any open alternative. As a well-known and widely read enemy of DRM, I'll take it. In Steve's own words, "Why would the ...

Today, October 3, has been declared the International Day Against DRM, a day for those who believe DRM is no good for consumers, no good for business, and no good for artists and other content creators to stand up and say no. DefectiveByDesign.org is your Day Against DRM headquarters and has ten things you can do today to spread the word, and Boing Boing has even more. Even if you don't think DRM ...

The Haz-Mat suited activists of DefectiveByDesign gained quite a bit of exposure when they waltzed into Apple stores across the country carrying signs and informing customers about the rights they give up when buying DRM controlled music from the iTunes Music Store. Our sister site, The Digital Music Weblog (she prefers to be called TDMW for short) caught up with the crafty folks at ...