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The following list are not suggestions. Instead they are ideas which need to be reviewed to decide whether or not they should be added to the [http://www.defectivebydesign.org/holiday Holiday Buying Guide] on defectivebydesign.org.
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== Promotional material / advocacy ==
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* Blog / write about this list. Choose a few items from this list and elaborate on why and how you'd like people to contribute/buy/give using such items. [http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/2011/12/02/holidays-spending-just-do-it Here is an example].
 
* Show your colors! Help promote software and technological freedom by getting or giving out [https://www.fsf.org/resources/stickers FSF campaigns stickers].
 
* Visit your favorite free software project and get their merchandise (T-Shirts, stickers, etc.)
 
* Make your own! Remix [https://www.fsf.org/resources/materials existing artwork] and print your own T-Shirts, stickers, mugs, etc.
 
* Consider joining or sponsoring a membership to one of [https://www.gnu.org/links/ the many organizations out there] - why not start with the [https://www.fsf.org/associate/ Free Software Foundation]? Sponsoring a student membership is U$60.
 
  
== Books ==
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* Try to always get your ebooks in an open, standard format, without DRM - [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epub ePUB] being the preferred format
 
* Don't miss [Free Software, Free Society (2.0) Free Software, Free Society, 2nd edition] by Richard M. Stallman en ePub format
 
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg] offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download
 
* http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Free_eBooks has an endless collection of links to free ebooks. Remember to always choose DRM-free, epub formats.
 
* A quick search for keywords such as "non-DRM epub ebook gpl cc" should turn up more options
 
* Give an online subscription to [http://www.2600.com/ 2600 magazine] (DRM -free)
 
  
== Media players, Music ==
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* Review  Xiph's [https://wiki.xiph.org/PortablePlayers audio players] and [https://wiki.xiph.org/Theora_Hardware video players]
 
* [http://www.ourproject.org/ OurProject.org] - Free Software & Free Knowledge for a Free Society (mostly in Spanish).
 
* [http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ Mutopia] - collects and distributes free sheet music and information about free music.
 
* When buying music online, always try to get DRM-Free Ogg Vorbis or FLAC formats. Here are a few examples of online formats that provide such formats:
 
** [http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.aspx Smithsonian Folkways] ([http://www.folkways.si.edu/customer_service/download_support.aspx MP3 or FLAC])
 
** [http://www.analekta.com/ Analekta] (Canada, Classical, FLAC & MP3)
 
* Avoid DRM-enabled online stores. Here are a few examples of stores that sell without DRM:
 
** [http://www.archambault.ca/musique-mp3-zik-ZIK-fr-ct Archambault] (Canada, MP3-only)
 
* Listen to Free music online with [http://alpha.libre.fm/listen.php Libre FM]
 
* Explore [http://www.archive.org/details/audio Archive.org's huge music and audio collection]
 
  
== Movies ==
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/movies Archive.org Moving image archive] has a huge collection of classic and recent movies and videos. From timeless classics like [http://www.archive.org/details/The_Boy_In_The_Plastic_Bubble The Boy in the plastic bubble] to recent videos like [http://www.archive.org/details/TheStoryOfStuff The Story of Stuff] including full feature movies like [http://www.archive.org/details/TheYesMenFixTheWorldP2pEdition The Yes Men] and [http://www.archive.org/details/Home2009 Home], there is always something new to discover
 
* The [http://www.getmiro.com/ Miro] free software music and video player lets you view, convert and share your media - and gives access to thousands of video feeds
 
* [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Films Creative Commons Films]
 
  
== Video Games ==
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games List of free software video games] at Wikipedia
 
* Review these sites to see if they have free software games:
 
** Hanako Games (http://www.hanakogames.com/) - uses python and ren'PY for their visual novels, so it may be possible to run them on the Pandora
 
** Gaslamp Games
 
** The Humblebundle (http://www.humblebundle.com/)
 
  
== Computers and Laptops ==
 
* Buy your next computer or netbook pre-installed and including support for Gnu/Linux at one of the following manufacturers:
 
** [http://www.system76.com System76]
 
** [http://www.zareason.com ZaReason]
 
** [http://laclinux.com/gnu/Start Los Alamos Computers]
 
** [http://linuxpreloaded.com Linux Pre-loaded] - lists the above companies and more
 
* Ask your local non-chain store to build your own computer from compatible parts & compomnents
 
** [https://www.fsf.org/resources/free-bios Choose a motherboard that supports a free BIOS]
 
** Check your hardware against [http://h-node.com/ H-Node] for compatibility.
 
** Ask to have hardware from companies that provide free software drivers for them. Some notable examples:
 
*** Hewlett-Packard printers
 
*** Intel video chipsets
 
*** Atheros wireless cards & radios
 
  
== Smart Phones and Tablets ==
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Although Android is often labeled as free software, current devices include non-free drivers and software that implement many restrictions [https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2008/fall/mobile making such devices essentially non-free].
 
  
However, several devices can use alternative firwmare (also referred to as "ROM") like CyanogenMod which combined with the following simple advice brings as much control as you can have today on such devices:
 
* Choose a device from the [http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices CyanogenMod devices]
 
* [https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/android-market-has-drm-too Do not use the Android marketplace] - use [http://f-droid.org/ F-Droid] instead and encourage app developers to publish their apps without DRM.
 
* Do not install Google Apps
 
  
Current source code for CyanogenMod [http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cm9-progress-update can be used to build such ROMs for Nexus S], with other devices coming up. The [http://replicant.us/ Replicant] project also aims to have a 100% free implementation of Android, watch its site for compatible devices.
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= How to post your idea =
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Please post your ideas as bullets and sign them by adding four tildes '<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>' at the end of your post.
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Also check out and post your own ideas for the [[Group:FSF/Ideas|FSF]] and [[LibrePlanet:Ideas|LibrePlanet]].
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= Proposals =
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* Create copy-and-paste text for people to post on Amazon and other DRM distributors' Twitter and Facebook accounts. [[User:Kxra|Kxra]] 19:36, 20 June 2012 (EDT)
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** Seeing the same text over and over might reduce the effectiveness. [[User:Jself|Jself]] 11:21, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
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* Launch a joint fundraising campaign to donate to the FSF, EFF, Public Knowledge, and Creative Commons on behalf of ASCAP and NMPA in response to their letter opposing free culture. All that would be needed is a simple website which has one page explaining the issue, and another with links to these organizations to donate/join. This could also be done for ACTA. --[[User:Kxra|Kxra]] 15:13, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
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** The issue is that these organizations actually share only very few points in common. Public Knowledge [http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/copyright does not have] the same position on copyright as FSF. EFF and Creative Commons both don't see free software as an issue. FSF, for the most, does not work for free culture (most of their non-programming material is not 'free')--[[User:OsamaK|OsamaK]] 15:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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*** The purpose is to build upon what they do have in common, to build bridges rather than burn them, and to unite on one issue that concerns all of them and a good amount of the general public-- enough to help bolter support for all organizations. We may not always be working together, but we are not working against each other. --[[User:Kxra|Kxra]]
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**** Sure, but what issue do they work on and have similar opinions? (Sorry, I don't know any). I'm not suggesting that they do or should work against each others, it's just that they have different views, that sometimes lead to different conclusions (maybe like free software and open source)--[[User:OsamaK|OsamaK]] 13:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
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***** Like opposing ASCAP's letter or ACTA, as i mentioned. [[User:Kxra|Kxra]] 18:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
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* Draft an anti-DRM IT policy for schools, libraries, and other organizations, plus an action kit to help people advocate for the adoption of such a policy.  [[User:Kxra|Kxra]] 19:36, 20 June 2012 (EDT)
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* Draft a copy-and-pasteable email that readers can send to authors about non-DRM publishing options. [[User:Kxra|Kxra]] 19:36, 20 June 2012 (EDT)
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* HDMI is getting omnipresent, which is bad: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/search/node/HDMI . While there are free software and hardware projects to create alternatives to everything that has DRM, I see no project or alternative to HDMI. This needs to change. -- [[User:Marado|Marado]] 06:07, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
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* Talk with Group:ACTA and coordinate: ACTA is bad for Free Software, but some of its problems are directly related with DRM issues. Materials (like flyers and so on) regarding ACTA should reference Defective by Design in some way. -- [[User:Marado|Marado]] 06:10, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
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* Create an extendible general DRM breaker with infos on Defective By Design. [[User:Sosolal|Sosolal]] 06:21, 26 April 2014 (EDT)
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= Buying Guide =
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Ideas for the [[/Guide|DRM-free living Guide]] have their own page

Latest revision as of 14:43, 20 November 2020

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Take action


Create/share materials


Ideas and suggestions


Events



How to post your idea

Please post your ideas as bullets and sign them by adding four tildes '~~~~' at the end of your post.

Also check out and post your own ideas for the FSF and LibrePlanet.

Proposals

  • Create copy-and-paste text for people to post on Amazon and other DRM distributors' Twitter and Facebook accounts. Kxra 19:36, 20 June 2012 (EDT)
    • Seeing the same text over and over might reduce the effectiveness. Jself 11:21, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
  • Launch a joint fundraising campaign to donate to the FSF, EFF, Public Knowledge, and Creative Commons on behalf of ASCAP and NMPA in response to their letter opposing free culture. All that would be needed is a simple website which has one page explaining the issue, and another with links to these organizations to donate/join. This could also be done for ACTA. --Kxra 15:13, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
    • The issue is that these organizations actually share only very few points in common. Public Knowledge does not have the same position on copyright as FSF. EFF and Creative Commons both don't see free software as an issue. FSF, for the most, does not work for free culture (most of their non-programming material is not 'free')--OsamaK 15:43, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
      • The purpose is to build upon what they do have in common, to build bridges rather than burn them, and to unite on one issue that concerns all of them and a good amount of the general public-- enough to help bolter support for all organizations. We may not always be working together, but we are not working against each other. --Kxra
        • Sure, but what issue do they work on and have similar opinions? (Sorry, I don't know any). I'm not suggesting that they do or should work against each others, it's just that they have different views, that sometimes lead to different conclusions (maybe like free software and open source)--OsamaK 13:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
          • Like opposing ASCAP's letter or ACTA, as i mentioned. Kxra 18:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Draft an anti-DRM IT policy for schools, libraries, and other organizations, plus an action kit to help people advocate for the adoption of such a policy. Kxra 19:36, 20 June 2012 (EDT)
  • Draft a copy-and-pasteable email that readers can send to authors about non-DRM publishing options. Kxra 19:36, 20 June 2012 (EDT)
  • HDMI is getting omnipresent, which is bad: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/search/node/HDMI . While there are free software and hardware projects to create alternatives to everything that has DRM, I see no project or alternative to HDMI. This needs to change. -- Marado 06:07, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
  • Talk with Group:ACTA and coordinate: ACTA is bad for Free Software, but some of its problems are directly related with DRM issues. Materials (like flyers and so on) regarding ACTA should reference Defective by Design in some way. -- Marado 06:10, 21 June 2012 (EDT)
  • Create an extendible general DRM breaker with infos on Defective By Design. Sosolal 06:21, 26 April 2014 (EDT)

Buying Guide

Ideas for the DRM-free living Guide have their own page

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