Own Your Digital Life

Objectives

Prefer open-source, self-hosted, or downloadable media and software. Avoid platforms that lock you into subscriptions or DRM.

Back up your data and keep local copies of important files. Support creators and platforms that respect digital ownership.

Advocate for digital rights and open access.

Educate others about digital ownership and share resources for regaining control online.

Use LibreOffice, VLC Media Player, GIMP, or Linux to stay free of corporate lock-in and DRM.

Try Nextcloud or Syncthing for self-hosted storage, and Kodi or Plex for managing your own media library.

Keep multiple backups using external hard drives or tools like Duplicati and Backblaze for encrypted offsite storage.

Purchase games from GOG.com, ebooks from Humble Bundle, or music from Bandcamp to ensure true ownership.

Back the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Creative Commons, or Open Rights Group working to protect online freedoms.

Read and publish with arXiv, Zenodo, or Internet Archive to support open culture and knowledge.

Share resources like the EFF’s Surveillance Self-Defense guide or Public Knowledge’s digital rights materials with your community.

Support policies like the Right to Repair, Open Access mandates, and global efforts against DRM restrictions.