On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Matthias Kirschner mk@fsfe.org wrote:
- Chris Hayes berzerkatives@gmail.com [2013-07-09 23:43:24 +0100]:
Strangely enough I'd been thinking about possibly doing something
similar,
mocking up advertisements that would rather 'attractively' but blatantly show off DRM features. That feels quite similar to your idea, but
without a
trace of subtly (and in all honestly, I worry that this approach is far
too
obvious).
That sounds interesting. Did you already had some ideas?
E.g. People sitting in front of a TV set, and there is this DVD copyright notice:
http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2012/05/dvdwarning1-550x424... on the screen. Else the situation looks very nice.
Or someone with a phone in a vacation setting... then making reference to the SIM card lock.
Not quite that, I had been thinking along the lines of taking a DRM artifact, such as the screen you've linked to, and advertising it like it is a feature, rather than a hindrance.
In my first e-mail into this group I suggested the following, which is an example of what I have in mind.
The first thing that comes into my head is the disconnect between what
companies say
(advertise) and mean (licences, and whatnot). Perhaps a series of
graphics that look like
stereotypical advertisements but actually depict examples of the
restrictions that you're
wanting to bring peoples' attention to?
Like a very 'tastefully' shot photo of a printer in an immaculate home,
prominently featuring
a waste-basket with a ink cartridge refill kit sat in it, with a tagline
such as "Trust us to let
you print what you want, how we want you to."
Perhaps not a great example, but you get the idea?
Unfortunately I've nothing down on paper yet. Is there a date that this project aims to be live by?
Cheers, Chris Hayes