This is a fantastic article on Google's immense mistake in getting into the DRM nasty business. The sheer stupidity of corporate America never ceases to amaze me.
I have a large DVD collection, but I haven't bought new ones at the pace I used to buy, largely because Hollywood has been putting out almost nothing but complete crap for the past decade or so. DRM on DVD's isn't as big an issue for me since I generally just watch them at home, but the few times I have wanted to watch a DVD on my computer, it has been a pain in the ass, and made the prospect of spending more money on DVD's in the future a considerably smaller value for me.
I haven't bought a music CD in years. The music industry is even worse than the movie industry when it comes to crappy product. And, in the case of music, I never listen to it at home on my stereo, when I do listen it is always on my computer. There is no way I am going haul around a bunch of CD's with my laptop. No, it'll be MP3's. And of course the RIAA doesn't like that.
Anyway, read the article.
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