Dear FSF member, Have you seen this story? Last week, Amazon deleted purchased copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from the ebook readers of hundreds of users. Yesterday, FSF's Defective by Design campaign responded by giving the Kindle hundreds of 1-star reviews, but now we need your help. Can you share our campaign on Identi.ca and Reddit? http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248 http://www.reddit.com/r/gnu/comments/93608/amazon_can_delete_your_books/ This occasion marks the relaunch of our Defective by Design Amazon tagging campaign, and we couldn't have picked a better target. New York Times tech writer David Pogue summarizes it best: "This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid for—thought they owned .... You want to know the best part? The juicy, plump, dripping irony? The author who was the victim of this Big Brotherish plot was none other than George Orwell. And the books were '1984' and 'Animal Farm.'" Read more: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248 http://www.reddit.com/r/gnu/comments/93608/amazon_can_delete_your_books/ Amazon's use of DRM and proprietary software gives them total control over the books on every user's Kindle. And the fact that we're talking something as personal as a book on your virtual bookshelf reminds us that basic freedoms we've taken for granted are threatened as soon as we depend on DRM-laden devices and proprietary software. You can join in the action too, helping us save potential Kindle buyers from being Swindled, on Amazon's own site. We'll be tagging the Kindle as "defective by design" and "1984", and we'll be writing persuasive, honest, 1-star reviews. Instructions on how to participate here: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248 Help us reach our goal of 1,984 reviews! Over the coming weeks, we'll be selecting more DRM-infected products for the tags and the 1-star reviews they deserve. We're looking for hot new products, or products that make particularly appalling use of DRM. If you'd like to suggest one, email us at [email protected]. We'd also like to invite you to participate in the campaign. We won't usually be sending these messages to the info-member list, so if you'd like to be part of this ongoing campaign to inform the public and tip the scales against DRM, join the Defective by Design list, here: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/user/register Thanks for your support! Sincerely, John, Matt, Holmes, Sarah, and Peter DRM Elimination Team -- Pablo Manuel Rizzo ------------------------------- http://pablorizzo.com -------------------------------