Free Software Foundation to Jobs: Be First to Drop DRM

By Shaun Nichols

A branch of the Free Software Foundation known as DefectiveByDesign launched an online petition last week that calls on Apple CEO Steve Jobs to "set the ethical example" by eliminating DRM from iTunes. The petition, a response to an open letter on digital rights management Jobs wrote in February, reached its initial goal of one thousand signatures about five hours after going live.

The Free Software Foundation has begun an online petition urging Apple chief executive Steve Jobs to begin removing protections from the company's iTunes Music Store.

"As the largest purveyor of DRMed music, Apple carries a large part of the responsibility for the situation in which consumers now find themselves," the petition reads.


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