Defective By Design, a rallying site for people opposed to DRM, is having a one-day “call the big wig” event they’re calling “Freedom Rings” today. When you sign up they give you the contact information for some of the big names in the recording industry associations in various countries.
The idea is that you can then call this person and speak to them directly to let them know that DRM is simply not a good idea. It’s an interesting approach to ‘protesting’. Many people think you should just stop buying CDs labelled “Copy Protected” as a means of protesting, but it has been shown that the recording executives are perceiving any drop in record sales as attributable to piracy. This is an opportunity for those of us who really oppose DRM to simply tell someone that should be interested in hearing from us.
If you sign up there is a number for a fellow at the CRIA – Canada’s version of the RIAA, so we can all call Graham Henderson, apparently the president of the CRIA.