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<a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/No_more_1984_Petition_Amazon_to_drop_DRM_from_Kindle" target="_blank">http://digg.com/tech_news/No_more_1984_Petition_Amazon_to_drop_DRM_from_Kindle</a><br>
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Amazon's recent remote deletion of 1984 and Animal Farm struck a nerve.   There was something so undeniably creepy about a company entering hundreds of virtual bookshelves in the middle of the night and deleting "1984" (of all books!).<br>

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But the real issue here isn't just remote deletion, it's DRM.  As long as Amazon uses digital restrictions, they will continue to control what people can do with their ebooks--and that's unacceptable.  Defective by Design has just launched a petition to demand that Amazon drop DRM and insist that until they do, the 'Swindle' (our name for the 'Kindle') remains a threat to the free exchange of ideas.<br>

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Can you sign?  And most importantly, can you take a few minutes to share it with your network?<br>
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The petition has been signed by notable authors, scholars and libarians, including Lawrence Lessig, Cory Doctorow and Clay Shirky.  The text reads:<br>
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"We believe in a way of life based on the free exchange of ideas, in which books have and will continue to play a central role. Devices like Amazon's are trying to determine how people will interact with books, but Amazon's use of DRM to control and monitor users and their books constitutes a clear threat to the free exchange of ideas.<br>

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"That is why we readers, authors, publishers, and librarians demand that Amazon remove all DRM, including any ability to control or access the user's library, from the Kindle.<br>
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"Amazon's assurances that it will refrain from the worst abuses of this power do not address the problem. Amazon should not have this power in the first place. Until they give it up they will be tempted to use it, or they could be forced to by governments or narrow private interests. Whatever Amazon's reasons for imposing this control may be, they are not as important as the public's freedom to use books without interference or supervision."<br>

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We need to remind the world that Jeff Bezos's apology isn't enough, because it doesn't address the root problem, DRM.<br>
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Thanks for all you do,<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
John, Sarah, Matt, Holmes, Peter<br>
DRM Elimination Team<br>
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