[ubuntu-in] OT - information / facts on negative aspects of Copyrights / DRM etc

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi

This is kind of off topic to Ubuntu , but relevant to FLOSS,

Was making a presentation (on a totally unrelated subject) when the
people present saw my laptop booting into Ubuntu. Most, of those
present, had never heard of Ubuntu, Open Source, Creative Commons,
Copy Left etc, so we planned to have a small presentation on these
topics, hence the request to friends on the list to help / provide
links etc.

I am preparing a simple presentation of FLOSS, Creative Commons and
the concept of copy left - for which i wanted to use some negative
real life examples for the "popular world".

Like the recent incident when some amazon deleted (without the consent
/ knowledge of the owners of the device) some digital files on the
device owner when the came into internet range because Amazon had
violated some Copy right laws.
http://boingboing.net/2009/07/17/amazon-zaps-purchase.html

So if you folks have any similar fact (anecdotes) i would be grateful
for links etc.

The admin's can suggest if its ok to reply  post to list or should the
mails be sent to me off list, am not sure what, and if other people
would like to know more about this thread.

regards
ram