Petition Ban DRM and protect consumer rights to use technology without restriction

This petition calls on the government to introduce legislation to:
* Ban the inclusion of DRM on on digital media & on physical devices
* Explicitly guarantee the consumer right to remove DRM and use tech & digital media in any way for personal use

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DRM is implemented technically and legally. It limits how people can use technology they purchase.

It does not offer copy protection: https://bit.ly/2FklztS

DRM harms customers & creative industry:
* Render ebooks unreadable https://bbc.in/3huMxMB
* Hold printer users to ransom https://bit.ly/32lqVOb
* Lock publishers into bad deals https://bit.ly/33nHQ1I
* Prohibit screen mirroring https://bit.ly/2Zt1acZ
and impacts technology in many other ways

This petition is a call to end this practice

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

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Date closed 8 April 2021
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