11.12.20
Gemini version available ♊︎Footage From Protest Against the Law Microsoft Now Misuses to Attack and Censor/Ban Free Software
Summary: Microsoft uses DMCA takedowns as an excuse to remove Free software projects that have long survived and thrived (until Microsoft took over GitHub and became a mass censor with vested interests); Free software advocates foresaw the risk
Further to the prior parts [1, 2, 3] of Marcia’s old footage, here’s footage from two decades back. It was only published belatedly, 19 years later in fact, earlier this week. This comes a few weeks after DMCA was used by the RIAA along with Microsoft (an RIAA ally) to ban a Free software project and anything resembling it, in effect making particular types of software like a ‘thoughtcrime’.
“They’re all being leveraged to protect monopolies from the ‘threat’ of people who control their computing.”People in the protest foresaw the risks. People who spoke at the protest explained the severity of it and now we see Microsoft using it for a full frontal assault, along with other laws, pretexts and Codes of Conduct. They’re all being leveraged to protect monopolies from the ‘threat’ of people who control their computing. Below is another (longer) video from the protest. █
ᶃ Gemini Space
This post is also available in 
Content is available under CC-BY-SA