New article: "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet

New article: "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet

[Devin Ulibarri]

Hi,

In case you missed it, here is the latest DRM-related article by FSF 
campaigns manager Greg Farough.

https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet

Short link (some have asked for this): https://u.fsf.org/40a

Please help us fight against this attempt to put DRM in the web by 
sharing this article.

Best,
Devin

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Re: New article: "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet

[Lars Noodén]

On 8/2/23 16:10, Devin Ulibarri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In case you missed it, here is the latest DRM-related article by FSF
> campaigns manager Greg Farough.
>
> https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet
[snip]

Excellent.  Increasing the new coverage of that campaign is important so
it is great to have that post describing the situation.

Some years ago, before the EFF seemed to go dormant and Mozilla became
financially dependent on its biggest competitor, there was talk of an
Internet Defense League to defend the free and open web:

https://www.eff.org/homepage-feature/internet-defense-league-protecting-free-and-open-web

Perhaps it is time to mobilize the EFF, Mozilla, Fight for the Future,
and others to shine that old warning signal¹ across the web and
coordinate action.  Dusting that off that old but successful campaign to
use it again would be in and of itself news and a boost awareness of the
current threat and what needs to  be done to address it.

Or failing that, just roust them from their apparent torpor to stand up
visibly for the Free and Open Web in some other manner.

There are quite a few organizations which overlap on the theme of
software freedom, with FSF being one of them at the epicenter.  How many
lobbyists does that coalition have in its pool, in regards to the US
activities?

/Lars

¹	"A ‘bat signal’ to defend the open Internet"
	https://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/29/tech/web/internet-defense-league/index.html

	"Kapow! The Net Gets a Bat Signal for Fighting Government
	 and Hollywood Bad Guys"
	https://www.wired.com/2012/07/internet-defense-league/

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Re: New article: "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet

[Yuchen Pei]

On Wed 2023-08-02 16:48:38 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote:

> On 8/2/23 16:10, Devin Ulibarri wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In case you missed it, here is the latest DRM-related article by FSF
>> campaigns manager Greg Farough.
>>
>> https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet
> [snip]
>
> Excellent.  Increasing the new coverage of that campaign is important so
> it is great to have that post describing the situation.
>
> Some years ago, before the EFF seemed to go dormant and Mozilla became
> financially dependent on its biggest competitor, there was talk of an
> Internet Defense League to defend the free and open web:
>
> https://www.eff.org/homepage-feature/internet-defense-league-protecting-free-and-open-web
>
> Perhaps it is time to mobilize the EFF, Mozilla, Fight for the Future,
> and others to shine that old warning signal¹ across the web and
> coordinate action.  Dusting that off that old but successful campaign to
> use it again would be in and of itself news and a boost awareness of the
> current threat and what needs to  be done to address it.

That would be nice, but reading the links, internet defense league
appears more about civil rights in the conventional sense, rather than
user freedom.

Though now is definitely a good time to use this occasion to raise
awareness on how the web has been subverted over time, even without the
WEI.

Best,
Yuchen

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