Worldwide Anti-DRM Protest Call-In “Freedom Rings At The RIAA” Today

Dubbed "Freedom Rings At The RIAA", guerrilla anti-DRM group DefectiveByDesign.org is encouraging protesters to call the RIAA and other industry organizations to protest restrictive digital rights management systems.  The group best known for picketing Apple stores dressed in yellow hazmat suits has even posted a list of direct lines to worldwide industry representatives on their web site.

We’ll be posting a report on the campaign as information becomes available. We would also would like to hear your comments as well as reports from anyone participating in the day long protest. Please comment below or email us privately here.

After the jump read the email the DefectiveByDesign sent to supporters this morning.

UPDATE: At 10AM this morning the organizers provided Hypebot with these stats:

• 150 call reports have been filed
• 600 new members signed up in the last day 500 in the last 12 hours

Here is a link to some of the comments and experiences of the protesters.

Log in now to get contact numbers for executives at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and similar organizations around the world.

Proclaim your support for digital freedoms by calling the RIAA and telling them what you think of DRM and what you think of them! Let us know how the call went by submitting a call report. Then make another call!

We had over 500 people sign up in the day after announcing this action. Let’s keep the momentum going, be sure to spread the word, invite your friends to register and make a call today!

In Solidarity,

Gregory, Peter, Henri and the rest of the DRM Elimination Crew

PS: Digg this action!

More information about the RIAA:

The Recording Industry Association of America represents the major recording labels, and their influence plays a leading role in pushing DRM into our technology.

More information about DRM:

Big Media would have you believe that DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. However, since its purpose is to restrict you the user, it is more accurate to describe DRM as Digital Restrictions Management. DRM Technology can restricts users’ access to movies, music, literature and software, indeed all forms of digital data. Unfree software implementing DRM technology is simply a prison in which users can be put to deprive them of the rights that the law would otherwise allow them.