October 12 Free Software Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, Document Foundation and other human rights organizations against technical copyright protection (DRM) that restricts the freedom of the user. According to supporters of the action, the user should be able to fully control their devices, from cars and medical devices to phones and computers.
This year, the creators of the ongoing event are trying to draw public attention to the problems with the use of DRM in electronic textbooks and training courses. When purchasing electronic textbooks, students face restrictions that do not allow full access to course materials, require a permanent Internet connection for authentication, limit the number of pages viewed per visit, and covertly collect telemetry data about activity during the course.
The anti-DRM day is coordinated on the website , which also contains examples of the negative impact of DRM in various fields of activity. For example, the 2009 case of the removal of thousands of copies of George Orwell's book "1984" from Kindle devices, initiated by Amazon, is mentioned. The ability of corporations to remotely wipe books from user devices was perceived by opponents of DRM as a digital analogue of mass book burning.
Source: opennet.ru