Things that are tagged DRM 9000

Optional Sony BMG software

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - DRM 9000: You have inserted “Z” by My Morning Jacket, now free of rootkit stuff! Would you like to install the (optional) Sony BMG software provided on this CD? GREG: — |comic strip | panel 2 - DRM 9000: This software is totally optional, and its only purpose is– |comic strip | panel 3 - SOUND EFFECT: FWRRRRRRRRR |comic strip | panel 4 - DRM 9000: You have selected “no.” |

I'm afraid I can't do that, Greg

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - GREG: Gah! Let me go! DRM 9000: I’m afraid I can’t do that, Greg. |comic strip | panel 2 - GREG: All I did was put in this My Morning Jacket CD! What’s the problem? DRM 9000: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do. |comic strip | panel 3 - GREG: What are you talking about? DRM 9000: I know you’re planning to rip the CD to mp3s, Greg, and I’m afraid that’s something I cannot allow to happen. |comic strip | panel 4 - GREG: I was just gonna put it on my iPod! DRM 9000: This music is too important for me to allow you to listen to it freely, Greg. |

Sony interrogation

Posted on January 27, 2006 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - DRM 9000: The rootkit-free Sony BMG interrogation process will now commence. GREG: What? |comic strip | panel 2 - DRM 9000: Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of a file-sharing network? GREG: I don’t know… |comic strip | panel 3 - DRM 9000: What about your roommate? Who do you know, Greg? GREG: AUGH!! |comic strip | panel 4 - DRM 9000: Answer wisely, Greg. I can, at any moment, change your default music played to SonicStage. GREG: Dear God… help! Help!! |