DRM = CRAP

[Technocrat <dj.technocrat.listmail () gmail com>]

In the eyes of the general public, DRM software stops them from doing
what they want to do with a product they have purchased.
 
The record industry in America is feeling the backlash of the Sony DRM
issues, but what about the rest of the world?
 
> From BoingBoing.net
<http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/24/emi_releases_brazili.html> -
 
/Brazilian mega-star Marisa Monte's new CDs from EMI ("Infinito
Particular" and "Universo ao Meu Redor") come with DRM that can't be
uninstalled, and requires you to "agree" to a contract that isn't
published in Portuguese. Even if you disagree, the malware is
installed. The DRM blocks you from playing the CD on Linux and MacOS,
and from loading it onto an iPod. This, just as the Brazilian
government has launched a //Computers for All/
<http://www.computadorparatodos.gov.br/>/ initiative to distribute
1,000,000 Linux PCs, seems particularly contemptuous of the Brazilian
people./
//
Also, check out this funny video
<http://news.zdnet.com/2036-2_22-6035707.html> by ZDNet Executive
Editor David Berlind. He explains why DRM is CRAP and outlines why MS
CRAP won't work with Apple CRAP and how Sony CRAP won't work with any
other form of CRAP.
 
Moral of the Story - *Don't buy any of that CRAP*.
 
Instead of buying the CRAP filled iPod, buy the Pez MP3 Player
<http://www.pezmp3.com/>.

-Technocrat

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