Eight Apple Stores across the US were beset by marching anti-DRM protesters clad in brightly-colored Hazardous Materials (HazMat) suits. The "flash mob" was organized by Defective By Design to warn the public about Apple's DRM scheme, which prevents purchasers of music on iTunes from reselling them once they are finished with it.

To most people, DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, but Defective By Design label it "Digital Restrictions Management". With the said scheme, Apple is said to lock-in people who buy music tracks at the iTunes store.

The protests took place between 10:00AM and 12:00PM at the following Apple Stores: San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Seattle, WA; Cambridge, MA; New York, NY; Huntington Station, NY; Plano, TX; and Los Angeles, CA.