Here's another new chapter to add to the Steve Jobs/DRM saga. According to the E-Commerce Times, a branch of the Free Software Foundation known as DefectiveByDesign launched an online petition last week urging Apple CEO Steve Jobs to set an example by removing DRM protection from iTunes.

The petition was filed in response to Jobs' February open letter on the abolition of DRM and reads, "You can set the ethical example and be the first 'major' to drop DRM. You can set the example in the region of video and movies. You have the direct power to do this." It reached its original goal of one thousand signatures about five hours after going live.

DefectiveByDesign plans to keep the petition open until April 1. It will then be sent to Jobs along with a jester hat.