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            <h1>2014 Holiday Giving Guide</h1>

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              <h2> Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely, or gifts which put someone else </h2>

              <p>
                Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but
                people often overlook the restrictions that
                manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper. Companies
                like Microsoft and Apple can and will use Digital
                Restrictions Management (DRM) to
                prevent your loved ones from sharing apps on the
                laptop you got them or remixing the songs on their
                expensive new iPad. If the recipient of your gift
                is as unlucky as one woman last year,

                <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
                  Amazon might even block all the books on their
                  Kindle and refuse to explain why
                </a>.

                Companies want us to accept this kind of intrusive
                control, but when you think about, it's unethical
                (and annoying!).
              </p>

              <h2>Give freely</h2>

              <p>
                The good news is, for every device that uses DRM or
                has a remote "kill switch" like the Kindle, ethical
                companies have made a better one that doesn't, one
                that your loved ones will be free to enjoy however
                they wish. Here's a list of these smarter gifts,
                compared with their more well-known, but more
                restrictive alternatives. While you're reading, please
                remember that donating to a charity in your friend or
                family member's name is at least as meaningful as
                buying them an electronic device. Some of our favorite
                charities are the

                <a href="http://www.eff.org/">
                  Electronic Frontier Foundation
                </a>,
                <a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/">
                  Creative Commons
                </a>,
                <a href="http://wikimedia.org/">
                  Wikimedia Foundation
                </a>,
                <a href="http://www.sfconservancy.org/">
                  Software Freedom Conservancy
                </a>,
                <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">
                  Software Freedom Law Center</a>,
                <a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Foundation</a>
                and
                <a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a>.
              </p>

              <h2>The Free Software Foundation's Holiday Giving Guide</h2>

              <p>
                The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much
                more than those in the right column.
              </p>

              <p>
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                  Please
                  <a href="http://www.fsf.org/share?u=http://www.fsf.org/givingguide&amp;t=Give%20tech%20gifts%20that%20support%20user%20freedom%20">
                    share the Giving Guide
                  </a>

                  with your friends and family members, especially
                  those that might give you presents! (We're using the hashtag
                  #givefreely.)
                </i>
              </p>

              <p>
                To make a really big splash, get some friends
                together, print the
                <a href="https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/misc/GivingGuide2013.pdf">
                  PDF version of the Giving Guide
                </a>
                and hand it out near a local store that sells
                DRM-encumbered products. Be sure to take photos!

                Send us photos and any questions at
                <a href="mailto:campaigns@fsf.org">
                  campaigns@fsf.org
                </a>.
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	19	<div class="custom-doc yui-t5">
	20	<div id="bd">
	21	<div id="yui-main">
	22	<h1>2014 Holiday Giving Guide</h1>
	23
	24	<div>
	25	<h2> Are you giving your loved ones holiday gifts they can use freely, or gifts which put someone else </h2>
	26
	27	<p>
	28	Electronics are popular gifts for the holidays, but
	29	people often overlook the restrictions that
	30	manufacturers slip under the wrapping paper. Companies
	31	like Microsoft and Apple can and will use Digital
	32	Restrictions Management (DRM) to
	33	prevent your loved ones from sharing apps on the
	34	laptop you got them or remixing the songs on their
	35	expensive new iPad. If the recipient of your gift
	36	is as unlucky as one woman last year,
	37
	38	<a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/node/2250">
	39	Amazon might even block all the books on their
	40	Kindle and refuse to explain why
	41	</a>.
	42
	43	Companies want us to accept this kind of intrusive
	44	control, but when you think about, it's unethical
	45	(and annoying!).
	46	</p>
	47
	48	<h2>Give freely</h2>
	49
	50	<p>
	51	The good news is, for every device that uses DRM or
	52	has a remote "kill switch" like the Kindle, ethical
	53	companies have made a better one that doesn't, one
	54	that your loved ones will be free to enjoy however
	55	they wish. Here's a list of these smarter gifts,
	56	compared with their more well-known, but more
	57	restrictive alternatives. While you're reading, please
	58	remember that donating to a charity in your friend or
	59	family member's name is at least as meaningful as
	60	buying them an electronic device. Some of our favorite
	61	charities are the
	62
	63	<a href="http://www.eff.org/">
	64	Electronic Frontier Foundation
65	</a>,
66	<a href="http://www.creativecommons.org/">
67	Creative Commons
68	</a>,
69	<a href="http://wikimedia.org/">
70	Wikimedia Foundation
71	</a>,
72	<a href="http://www.sfconservancy.org/">
73	Software Freedom Conservancy
74	</a>,
75	<a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">
76	Software Freedom Law Center</a>,
77	<a href="http://www.gnome.org/">GNOME Foundation</a>
78	and
79	<a href="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</a>.
80	</p>
81
82	<h2>The Free Software Foundation's Holiday Giving Guide</h2>
83
84	<p>
85	The gifts in the left column respect your freedom much
86	more than those in the right column.
87	</p>
88
89	<p>
90	<i>
91	Please
92	<a href="http://www.fsf.org/share?u=http://www.fsf.org/givingguide&t=Give%20tech%20gifts%20that%20support%20user%20freedom%20">
93	share the Giving Guide
94	</a>
95
96	with your friends and family members, especially
97	those that might give you presents! (We're using the hashtag
98	#givefreely.)
99	</i>
100	</p>
101
102	<p>
103	To make a really big splash, get some friends
104	together, print the
105	<a href="https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/misc/GivingGuide2013.pdf">
106	PDF version of the Giving Guide
107	</a>
108	and hand it out near a local store that sells
109	DRM-encumbered products. Be sure to take photos!
110
111	Send us photos and any questions at
112	<a href="mailto:campaigns@fsf.org">
113	campaigns@fsf.org
114	</a>.
115	</p>
116
117
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119	</html>