UsefulConcept

Technology is a tool.  It is as useful/useless as the implementers make it.  All too often there is a reasonable idea that gets warped into political and commercial wickedness, at the expense of the consumer / average person.

This is the case of DRM as found by Big Picture blog.  Not only does the 'protection' of the CD music end up as a major hassle, it prevents him from many legal uses.  Finally he finds it isn't really about protecting the music at all, but as a jab to Apple from Sony regarding music standards, itunes and more.

Interestingly, all of this pain is really only felt by those on a pc.  None of it happens on a mac.  Not because mac is superior (in this case) but rather that they didn't bother writing the protection software for OSX.

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