The Free Software Foundation and the DRM elimination Crew from Defective By Design had a bit of fun today at the Apple event at the Moscone Center in San Fransico today. And the hub-bub was all about the newest tool in Apple’s arsenal against its users the iPad
No not that iPad, this iPad
Here is how it went down:
dbd: This is a test of the #Apple restriction warning system. !dbd
01/27/2010 02:07 AM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 07:07:44 UTCdbd: Live from the Apple announcement: Gathering outside Moscone entrance by Yerba Buena pillar and drive-thru !dbd !fsf !gnu
01/27/2010 11:34 AM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 16:34:46 UTCdbd: http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/apple/apple-live-1.jpg !dbd
01/27/2010 11:53 AM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 16:53:47 UTCdbd: Live at the Apple event: Just talked to Current TV. Out walking handing out flyers. !dbd
01/27/2010 12:13 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:13:55 UTCdbd: http://imgur.com/0wpvY.jpg !dbd
01/27/2010 12:25 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:25:38 UTCdbd: !gnu !fsf members — join !dbd for live coverage of the Apple DRM product launch
01/27/2010 12:26 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:26:14 UTCdbd: !dbd !fsf !gnu — link to http://live.defectivebydesign.org on your blogs with this handy button – http://static.fsf.org/nosvn/apple/sp.png
01/27/2010 12:30 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:30:14 UTCdbd: Live from the Apple event: Apple told police to keep an eye on us. Guess they’re afraid people might hear! !dbd !fsf
01/27/2010 12:36 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:36:48 UTCdbd: http://imgur.com/nUtZK.jpg — Fake Fake Steve Jobs? !dbd !gnu !fsf
01/27/2010 12:44 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:44:21 UTCdbd: RT @len http://imgur.com/nUtZK.jpg — Fake Fake Steve Jobs? !dbd !gnu !fsf (via @dbd)
01/27/2010 12:48 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:48:17 UTCdbd: RT @crispassinato Crispassinato rbonifaz: ♺ @dbd: !dbd !fsf !gnu — link to http://ur1.ca/ktlt on your blogs with th.. http://bit.ly/cjgumz
01/27/2010 12:48 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:48:20 UTCdbd: RT @rbonifaz ♺ @dbd: !dbd !fsf !gnu — link to http://ur1.ca/ktlt on your blogs with this handy button – http://ur1.ca/ktlu
01/27/2010 12:48 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:48:22 UTCdbd: RT @gabrielsaldana RT @dbd: http://imgur.com/0wpvY.jpg #drm
01/27/2010 12:48 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:48:24 UTCdbd: !dbd inside — http://ur1.ca/ktne outside — http://imgur.com/fj1I4.jpg
01/27/2010 12:53 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:53:37 UTCdbd: Talking to a lot of media — getting the word out as people move inside. !dbd
01/27/2010 12:56 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:56:50 UTCdbd: !dbd People are very afraid of Apple becoming Big Brother.
01/27/2010 12:57 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 17:57:23 UTCdbd: !dbd more photos — http://imgur.com/hYg0W.jpg and http://i.imgur.com/iL2vT.jpg
01/27/2010 01:01 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:01:23 UTCdbd: !dbd — Apple: 250 million DRM devices sold so far.
01/27/2010 01:07 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:07:47 UTCdbd: !dbd — it’s official. The iPad — complete with App Store.
01/27/2010 01:13 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:13:00 UTCdbd: http://imgur.com/pnrVt.jpg !dbd
01/27/2010 01:16 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:16:57 UTCdbd: !dbd http://imgur.com/xUAbT.jpg
01/27/2010 01:17 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:17:10 UTCdbd: !dbd http://imgur.com/3tSie.jpg
01/27/2010 01:17 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:17:23 UTCdbd: !dbd http://imgur.com/r9UR8.jpg
01/27/2010 01:17 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:17:32 UTCdbd: “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
01/27/2010 01:39 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:39:17 UTCdbd: !dbd http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/27/defective_by_design/
01/27/2010 01:44 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:44:44 UTCdbd: Apple’s alternative to the Kindle — iBooks — how likely is DRM? very likely! !dbd
01/27/2010 01:54 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:54:46 UTCdbd: iBooks is a partnership with Amazon. !dbd
01/27/2010 01:55 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 18:55:51 UTCdbd: !dbd iBooks will use ePub — how likely is DRM? Many ePub companies use DRM already…
01/27/2010 02:00 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 19:00:14 UTCdbd: 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
01/27/2010 02:44 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 19:44:47 UTCdbd: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/auxkj/ !dbd
01/27/2010 04:33 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 21:33:33 UTCdbd: !dbd http://www.reddit.com/r/gnu/comments/auxiq
01/27/2010 04:33 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 21:33:45 UTCdbd: Ars Technica coverage: http://ur1.ca/kufm !dbd !fsf
01/27/2010 06:15 PM
dbd’s status on Wednesday, 27-Jan-10 23:15:16 UTC
After this point the game was pretty much over there was some great coverage in there and some awesome pics. It looks like it was a success, but there is still work to do. Here’s how you can help.
sign the petition: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad
read the guide: “A guide to DRM free living” http://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide
know thine enemy: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm
and join the cause: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/user/register & http://www.defectivebydesign.org/shareipad