Protest at Pirates of the Caribbean

From BinaryFreedom.INFO

On Friday, May 25th, outside theaters around the world, we will rise up and RESPOND to Hollywood's sick relationship with disgraced US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Buy your own DRM Elimination Crew Suit for $5 now in time to join the action.

On Monday, Gonzales called on Congress to enact a sweeping new bill entitled the "Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007" (IPPA) that would amongst other things:

   * Increase penalties for circumventing a DRM scheme
   * Criminalize "attempting" to infringe copyright
   * Permit more wiretaps for investigating copyright violations
   * Add penalties for "intended" copyright crimes 

This proposed legislation is a result of Hollywood's lobbying, serving their special interests at the expense of the public good. As we have seen, thanks to the recent events like the Digg revolt, the public have turned against DRM. The illegal hex code that can be used to remove the DRM from HD-DVD can now be found on over a million web pages.

This is Hollywood's attempt to scare us all into accepting DRM. Now is the time to take action!

On Friday May 25th, around the world, Disney will release "Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End", a movie about a diverse community coming together to fight the far reaching and oppressive East India Trading Company to preserve their freedom loving lifestyle (sound kind of familiar?)

As you know, Disney is a leading supporter of DRM in video and movies and a proponent of the permanent extension of copyright, sometimes called the "Mickey Mouse Act". Disney is founding members of AACSLA, the organization that license the HD-DVD DRM scheme. They are a driving force behind the MPAA and one of the main instigators of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) - that makes circumventing a DRM scheme a crime.

Join with DefectiveByDesign.org members around the world to send a message to Hollywood and Disney at the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean.

It's easy: get a few friends together, order some DRM Elimination Crew Packs, check your local listings and go have some fun at the worldwide launch! Together we'll explain to movie goers what DRM is, why it is bad, and how we can secure a future without DRM. Take some pictures and post them to Flickr where we can draw attention to them. Or take some video and share it with us, or through a video sharing site. Have fun and be creative.

Get started today! Contact your friends and place your order for DRM Elimination Crew suits to ensure that they arrive on time. We've gotten the price down to just $5 a suit, so order a few and get your Crew together for the 25th.

Do you like to get creative editing video? How about adapting the Pirates of the Caribbean movie trailer that you can find on most video sharing sites? Send us a link to your effort and we will highlight it on DefectiveByDesign.org - prizes for the best. Get the suits now at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/buy_suits

In Solidarity,

Gregory, Peter, Henri and the DRM Elimination Crew