Tuesday, October 03, 2006

International Day Against DRM

Today is the 3rd of October, the International Day Against DRM. This the first global day for people to rise up and say no to anti-copying technology that treats you like a criminal.

Digital Rights Management technology does not stop media piracy. You get DRM by buying your movies, music, games and books through authorized channels. Most of the stuff you download from P2P networks or buy at open market in Valletta has already had the DRM cracked off of it.

To celebrate No DRM Day I recommend the following (partly borrowed from Boing-Boing):

DefectiveByDesign's list of anti-DRM actions
200 suggestions for activities you can participate in today and all year round to fight DRM.

DRMFree.org
a search-engine for DRM-free music for sale on the Internet, a single index of dozens of sites that sell or give away music without crippleware.

DRM.info
a site aimed at explaining DRM to the uninitiated -- what DRM is, why you should care, and what you can do about it. Tell your friends!

Who Killed TiVoToGo?
a murder-mystery from the Electronic Frontier Foundation that explains how even restricted services that let you get more out of your property are being axed by regulators and the entertainment industry (here's how to fight back).

Kembrew McLeod's guest-edited issue of the journal Cultural Studies
contains uproarious scholarly works on the copyfight.

Anti-DRM banners for your site from Militant Geek.

Here are 10 things you can really do to help eliminate DRM (from the 200 things on DefectiveByDesign list mentioned above):

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Live in Valletta

On Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 August we're live at the MITP Theatre courtyard in Valletta. A live webcam is available here during the performances, which start at 9pm on both nights.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Between San Gwann and Valletta

Following two nights at Naasha's Events Lounge in San Gwann, the Objects Found or Lost? project moves on to the Summer University of Performing Arts in Valletta for two more nights.

On the second day at Naasha we experimented with having another blog dedicated for live posts during the performances. Here it is.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Friday, July 07, 2006

Ode to Law

Yehuda Berlinger, who is a internet professional and game designer from Jerusalem, Israel, has rewritten 17USC -- the American Copyright Act -- as a long poem.

The U.S. Copyright code, in verse