October 3rd 2006 is Day Against DRM, a world wide public advocacy event meant to raise awareness of DRM. DefectiveByDesign.org is a campaign of the Free Software Foundation.

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Legal movies online has long been a dream for many an internet junkie. Today it was announced that seven major movie studios will be releasing their movies online, including new releases the same day that the DVD goes on sale. However, in what can only be described as the biggest non-surprise of the century, and certainly warranting a visit from our good friend Captain Obvious, the details leave much to be desired. For example, the pricing.... $20-$30 per movie, surely they're joking? It's as if they want this to fail. Who in their right mind would pay that much money, when they could get the DVD for half that price? Especially considering a normal DVD has a lot more benefits, like, oh, I dunno... being playable in a standard DVD player. And all the special features too! These downloads can only be played on your computer. Mmmm, fun! And your computer must be running Windows. Terrific! Wow, that sounds great, Hollywood! I can't wait to read the press releases proclaiming how you tried to do legal downloads, but those dirty "pirates" still wouldn't stop "stealing" your movies! Surely that will have nothing to do with the fact that you're more out of touch than you've ever been with consumer desires. Someday, dinosaurs will die...

The **AA's of the world think that in absolutely no circumstances should DRM be allowed legal circumvention, even at the cost of human life. Hmm. Well, I think that pretty much speaks for itself.