A cold play
One of my fave techie sites, Ars Technica, has a little write-up of yet another example of just how far the recording industry will go in delivering a crippled, defective and damaging product to faithful paying customers as well as leaving them no recourse whatsoever in returning such products or repairing any damage done.
I realize that I am preaching to the choir here in my blog. Just today I had a discussion at work with a couple people who basically did not realize that this kind of shit goes on, or is becoming more prevalent day by day. This has not one damn thing to do with stopping so-called 'piracy', and it has never been. These companies want to be able to control every last aspect of how 'their' 'content' is used, and making money on it at every turn. The reactions from these people was nothing short of shock and anger. Spread the word to your non-technical friends. Point out every instance of such heavy handedness from conglomerates and tell them to vote with their dollars. Turn them away from manufactured, focus group-derived tripe and onto talented, independent artists on listener-friendly labels. Your friends, and those artists, will thank you.
And for you Windows users, disable autorun on your optical drives. Your PC will thank you.
I realize that I am preaching to the choir here in my blog. Just today I had a discussion at work with a couple people who basically did not realize that this kind of shit goes on, or is becoming more prevalent day by day. This has not one damn thing to do with stopping so-called 'piracy', and it has never been. These companies want to be able to control every last aspect of how 'their' 'content' is used, and making money on it at every turn. The reactions from these people was nothing short of shock and anger. Spread the word to your non-technical friends. Point out every instance of such heavy handedness from conglomerates and tell them to vote with their dollars. Turn them away from manufactured, focus group-derived tripe and onto talented, independent artists on listener-friendly labels. Your friends, and those artists, will thank you.
And for you Windows users, disable autorun on your optical drives. Your PC will thank you.