DRM and the Google dispossessed

Aristotle on 2007-08-14T18:03:43

Ken Fisher:

Did you buy Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game to commemorate that bit of NBA history? Enjoy staring at an unplayable file come Wednesday. But hey, at least you get $2 back to go buy underwear!

Google demonstrates what all sensible people already knew: the dystopian scenarios painted by DRM detractors are not in fact paranoid hallucinations, but thoroughly realistic. A rallying battle cry from Ars Technica’s Ken Fisher.