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Preventing future piracy

Published on Jan 31st, 2006

comic strip | panel 1 - DRM 9000: "Do You Want To" by Franz Ferdinand. You've played it 8 times. You were authorized for 7.5 times. You exceeded your digital rights. $50 fine. | comic strip | panel 2 - GREG: That's ludicrous.; DRM 9000: Since you cannot prove your innocence, you reveal your guilt. Sony will now prevent future privacy crimes you will probably commit. | comic strip | panel 3 - GREG: Wait, what?; DRM 9000: Based on your current tastes, I'll determine which Sony BMG CDs you will likely steal and charge your credit card for them. | comic strip | panel 4 - GREG: Aqualung, "Strange and Beautiful"... Teddy Geiger, "Underage Thinking"...; DRM 9000: You can't just--... you... wait, no, is that the "Love Monkey" kid? NO! |

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Tags: digital rights management, downloading, DRM, DRM 9000, Greg the mindless fan, mp3, music consumers, rootkit, Sony

Desperate plea

Published on Feb 1st, 2006

comic strip | panel 1 - GREG: (to robot) Let me out of here! Ow! Quit that! Let--; DRM 9000: | comic strip | panel 2 - GREG: (yelling) BRETT!! Is that you? HELP!! Ow! I'm being held hostage by a Sony DRM robot! It's got me strapped to my chair and it's making me buy CDs, ow, against my will. | comic strip | panel 3 - GREG: (to robot) Ha, hear that? My roommate's here! Ow! Game over, robot! Ha! | comic strip | panel 4 - BRETT: This... is not my fight.; GREG: Hey Brett?! You there? BRE-- Ow! It is a REAL BEARD, will you PLEASE quit pulling on it? |

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How to tell when you graduated

Published on Feb 2nd, 2006

comic strip | panel 1 - DRM 9000: Out of curiosity, Greg, did you graduate college in 1999?; GREG: Yeah... how did you...? | comic strip | panel 2 - DRM 9000: A simple bell curve analysis of the release dates of your music collection reveals a statistical peak from November '95 to March '99. | comic strip | panel 3 - DRM 9000: Ergo... class of '99.; GREG: What? No... I've bought a ton of music since college, I... no... | comic strip | panel 4 - DRM 9000: Your "Pavement/Shins Ratio" also puts you solidly in the '99 bucket.; GREG: Th-there's a Decemberists CD on my dresser! Make sure you counted that!! |

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The end of DRM 9000

Published on Feb 3rd, 2006

comic strip | panel 1 - GREG: This digital rights stuff is ridiculous! Thank God for people like the Electronic Frontier--; DRM 9000: No! No, don't-- | comic strip | panel 2 - GREG: A HA! Just mentioning the E.F.F. hurts you, doesn't it?! "Electronic Frontier Foundation"! "Creative Commons License"! "Label-less Distribution"!! | comic strip | panel 3 - GREG: Ha ha! Hey!! You're home! I was being held hostage by a Sony robot! But I saved myself! Using the power of words! And freely distributed information! | comic strip | panel 4 - BRETT: That's great, man... you want a beer?; GREG: Yes! Yes, distribute the beer freely, Brett! |