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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>
+
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+ <i>
+ Please
+ <a href="http://www.fsf.org/share?u=http://www.fsf.org/givingguide&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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