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• dbd: Mark your calendars: May 4th is the International Day Against DRM: http://ur1.ca/no7y http://ur1.ca/nn8z
• dbd: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/apple-ipad-drm-petition-mailed #ibad !dbd
• dbd: Three authors start a small new DRM-free ebook store: http://www.closed-circle.net/ !dbd
• dbd: "The issue here isn't features or pricing, it's freedom." http://ur1.ca/lb9j !dbd
• dbd: "The iPad's Closed System: Sometimes I Hate Being Right": http://ur1.ca/lb9h OS X is also restrictive, though. !dbd (via @cwebber)
• dbd: Guardian coverage of the !dbd protest at the #iBad launch: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/01/apple-ipad-choke-innovation !fsf
• dbd: Protest mentioned in brief national NPR coverage of the iPad launch this morning: http://ur1.ca/l5t4 !dbd !fsf
• dbd: Alex Payne's "On the iPad" (about the danger to the creative hacker spirit): http://al3x.net/2010/01/28/ipad.html !dbd !fsf (via @evan)
• dbd: Coverage in the Seattle P-I: http://ur1.ca/l0z7 (obviously buying anything Windows is not a solution, though) !dbd !fsf
• dbd: Coverage on Lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/5458690/the-problem-with-the-apple-ipad
• dbd: Ars Technica coverage: http://ur1.ca/kufm !dbd !fsf
• dbd: !dbd http://www.reddit.com/r/gnu/comments/auxiq
• dbd: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/auxkj/ !dbd
• dbd: Apple say they want to be at the “intersection of technology and liberal arts.” It's not an intersection when one controls the other. #ipad
• dbd: !dbd iBooks will use ePub -- how likely is DRM? Many ePub companies use DRM already...
• dbd: iBooks is a partnership with Amazon. !dbd
• dbd: Apple's alternative to the Kindle -- iBooks -- how likely is DRM? very likely! !dbd
• dbd: !dbd http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/27/defective_by_design/
• dbd: "We think it’s going to be a gold rush for developers" – the App Store is loaded on the iPad -- DRM applications only? We'll see !dbd
• dbd: !dbd http://imgur.com/r9UR8.jpg

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