The ugly side of DRM (is there any other side?)

DRM Crippled CD: A bizarre tale in 4 parts

As is typical with DRM, the purchaser is blocked from various legal activities like copying the music to his iPod or making a backup, yet a technical savvy pirate can easily bypass the protection. In other words the technology harms the average consumer while not stopping the real threat. This particular story has some even better details like the band didn't want this technology and the argument that it's not about piracy at all, but just Sony trying to interfere with people using the competition: Apple's iPod.

This is one of the reasons I have become very anti-Sony. Yes, I have a big Sony TV at home, but that's from 1999, back when I was a Sony fan. The DRM, the stubborn refusal to accept standard technology, baring major corporate changes I'll never buy a Sony product again.