[FC-discuss] Help DbD get 1,984 reviews highlighting Kindle DRM

[John Sullivan]

As I'm sure most of you know by now, over the weekend, Amazon deleted
purchased copies of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from the e-book
readers of hundreds of users. Can you help us give the Kindle the 1-star
reviews it deserves on Amazon's own site? Our goal? 1,984 reviews!

Act now: http://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/1248
Digg it: http://digg.com/gadgets/Tell_Kindle_buyers_Amazon_can_delete_your_books

We're relaunching our Defective by Design Amazon tagging campaign, and
we couldn't have picked a better occasion, or a better target. New York
Times tech writer David Pogue summarizes it best:

"This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that
books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their
e-book readers. These were books that they had bought and paid
for—thought they owned .... You want to know the best part? The juicy,
plump, dripping irony? The author who was the victim of this Big
Brotherish plot was none other than George Orwell. And the books were
'1984' and 'Animal Farm.'"

Come and help us save potential Kindle buyers from being Swindled, on
Amazon's own site. We'll be tagging the Kindle as "defective by design"
and "1984", and we'll be writing persuasive, honest, 1-star reviews.
(Amazon is now in fact *suggesting* those tags based on the fact that so
many people have already used them, which is pretty funny.)

Over the coming weeks, we'll be selecting more DRM-infected products for
the tags and the 1-star reviews they deserve. We're looking for hot new
products, or products that make particularly appalling use of DRM. If
you'd like to suggest one, email us at info at defectivebydesign.org

Thanks for all you do, and stay tuned!