DRM Protects You From Yourself

Cory Doctorow has shared his iTunes DRM repulsion story over on that BoingBoing pogo - stick / jackhammer industry weblog he contributes to . It ’s interesting to hear such a negatively charged take on the FairPlay DRM system by someone that is such an obvious Apple dice - severely — someone who has spent a destiny of money to attempt to play within the system of rules , but even then is ripped off , mixed up , and burned .

I think iTunes FairPlay system is the best of the DRM lot , but that ’s sort of say that I think this stick is my favorite to poke in my eye because it ’s the least pointy .