The above photo - excellent and evocative as it is - courtesy of ph0t0Status of media digestion: Better than ever before, now that I can stream video files of any stripe to the box under my TV. Marvelous. Not-to-distant-future marvelous.
Status of LOST Season 4: Legally downloaded via the iTunes online music store. Infested with DRM.
Status of DRM: The innocuous acronym of Digital Rights Management, DRM is code embedded into media files to control the way they can be used. It was rightfully called "copyright protection" before an industry-employed PR representative apparently got a hold of it.
Status of migraine: Unlike every other video file in my house, the DRM-encrusted insult that is LOST Season 4 can only be watched on my computer. If I try to stream it to the PS3 I legally bought using software that was free so I can watch it on the TV I bought with real non-chocolate money, it does not work. This is frustrating.
Status of the moral of this story: Do not buy anything involving DRM at any time. It is designed to protect the interests of everyone but the customer, and cannot protect against every possible way in which a file can be stolen or used unethically without making it in some way incompatible with the customer's needs. That is to say, if you buy something with DRM, you are not getting what you pay for, such as watching a video on the things in your house. Avoid.
Status of the 'status of' device used to lend post an air of officialness despite becoming increasingly unsuitable as said post progressed: Ill-conceived.
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