Products to Boycott -- Software

We urge consumers to boycott any product that uses Product Activation [1] or DRM [2]. Due to their malicious use of technology, Twisted Lincoln, Inc.™ has called for a boycott of the following software products:

Operating Systems:

Name of Product	Versions Effected	Reason for Boycott	Alternative Product(s)
Microsoft Windows	XP Home & XP Pro, Media Center, Vista	Product Activation

Office Software:

Name of Product	Versions Effected	Reason for Boycott	Alternative Product(s)
Adobe Acrobat	Version 7 and later	Product Activation
Microsoft Office	2000 Service Release 1 and later	Product Activation

Utilities:

Name of Product	Versions Effected	Reason for Boycott	Alternative Product(s)
Norton Antivirus	2004 and later	Product Activation
Norton Ghost	9.0 and later	Product Activation	,
Norton Internet Security	2004 and later	Product Activation
Final Draft		Product Activation

Games & Entertainment:

Name of Product	Versions Effected	Reason for Boycott
Splinter Cell	Chaos Theory	Product Activation
Half-Life 2	All	Product Activation -- (Steam)
Earth 2160	All	Product Activation

Multimedia:

Name of Product	Versions Effected	Reason for Boycott	Alternative Product(s)
DivX	Pro	Product Activation
Adobe Illustrator	CS2 and later	Product Activation
Adobe Photoshop	CS and later	Product Activation	,
Adobe Premiere	Pro and later	Product Activation
Adobe After Effects	7.0 and later	Product Activation
Macromedia MX	2004 Series and later	Product Activation
Apple iTunes	All	Encourages use of DRM

This list is constantly being updated and revised.

Please let us know of any products you've encountered that aren't on this list, or any errors you might find-- visit our Product Activation & DRM discussion forum here:

Twisted Lincoln, Inc. Online Discussion Forums: EULAs, DRM + Licensing [3] Legal Notice: All trademarks remain property of their respective holders. Twisted Lincoln, Inc. claims no association with any of the above listed products or their holders. The lack of the "®" or "TM" symbols was intentional to address page formatting issues, and does not indicate any claim of trademark by Twisted Lincoln, Inc. Come on...this is a boycott list... why would we want to be associated with products we're calling to boycott...??