May 6th, 2016

PBS Digital Studios Asks ‘Should Everything Be Open Source?’

The Video Screening Room

The DMCA doesn’t just make it illegal for you to circumvent DRM to rip and burn a DVD of ‘War Games’ or to install a pirated copy of Windows. It also can make it illegal for you to repair or modify things you own.

Public television and radio in the United States have been surprisingly shy about covering the open source movement, but this video by Mike Rugnetta at PBS Digital Studios shows that they may be waking up.

Speaking on the same topic, iFixit founder Kyle Wiens has written an uplifting blog post about some important copyright wins. As an open source advocate, follow and support iFixit and retweet the good folks at PBS Digital Studios. To my mind, public broadcasting and open source are like peanut butter and jelly. We just need to move these two jars closer together on the kitchen table. Do your part on this.

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