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

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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

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

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    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 8 April 2021.