I fixed Mozilla's crappy "What is DRM" intro

Aaron Wolf at 2015-05-16T03:34:12Z

I didn't make a completely new ideal thing, I just removed the bullshit references to "benefits of DRM" and talk of "protections" and "rights".

I think it's perfectly reasonable that Mozilla was backed into a corner and decided to accept including DRM in Firefox. But there's absolutely no excuse for parroting the pro-DRM propaganda. There's NO reason Mozilla should pretend to be sympathetic to the concerns of the DRM-pushers.

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Indeed. Did you use the "remix" feature of webmaker-or-whatever-it-is-called? I wonder why "remixed from @stacy" isn't showing in the the details top-drop-or-whatever-that-element-is-called like it does in https://stacy.makes.org/thimble/MTUxMzI5MjI4OA==/what-is-drm ?

Mike Linksvayer at 2015-05-16T17:25:19Z

yeah, I did the "remix" feature. I couldn't otherwise figure out how to contact Stacy or suggest changes or do anything else. The link to her Mozilla profile wasn't helpful.

Aaron Wolf at 2015-05-16T17:40:22Z

I suggest Mozilla is fully influenced by corporate interests now. Who else would encourage them to refer to copyright, property, theft, and the benefits of DRM in this way?

EricxDu at 2015-05-18T03:06:50Z

What does fully influenced mean? What corporate interests?

I bet most Mozillians aware of the issue at all think they are doing the right thing, making and describing subtle tradeoffs.

Why has pro-freedom movement failed to convince more people that DRM is always bad? Is it because it/we are fully influenced by corporate interested who encourage us to make unconvincing arguments?

Mike Linksvayer at 2015-05-18T18:12:15Z