Thursday, March 08, 2007

The Free Software Foundation wants my head in a jester's cap


Well the loonies at the Free Software Foundation who launched their "Defective by Design" anti-DRM campaign are demanding that I drop DRM from iTunes by April 1, and if I don't, they're gonna ... wait for it ... send me a jester's hat! Noooooo! And they've written an open letter and started a petition, of course, because these freaks just friggin love creating open letters and petitions. What the frig they do with their lives when they're not writing open letters and signing petitions is beyond me. Anyhoo, see here. As with the iTunes on Linux petition, I'm encouraging all of my readers to sign this thing and crank up the pressure on me, goddammit! Olga Fukyercelf, are you listening? Dick Hertz? Mike Hunt? Let's roll, people. And there's a comment section too so you can say something nice about FSJ. Now be careful. For one thing, these freaks are demanding an email address, and they're also probably tracking IP addresses. (Because in case you hadn't noticed, Comrade Stallman and his Freedom Brigade learned most of their "freedom" tactics from Comrade Stalin.) Also, they'll probably start blocking links from this blog once the names start rollling in. So you're better off typing the URL into a fresh browser screen. Here it is: http://defectivebydesign.com/actions/open_letter/steve_jobs.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think it is a troll to make open source hippy heads explode by having to choose between an epileptic animated gif and DRM.

On the upside the gimp is obviously making great strides.

Lynn said...

Mt4*artaI was blocked AND have been experiencing technical difficulties since I tried. HELP! (...I think FSJ needs a hat for each day of the week and told them so...so Steve, do you think you are up for it?)

Dak said...

Amanda Kissenhug signed it.

Anonymous said...

...so did Ophelia Oliver

Rip Ragged said...

Dumas Assackahammers signed it.

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Dumas Asackahammers signed it.

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