Comments on: Apple and Universal and DRM, oh my http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/08/10/apple-and-universal-and-drm-oh-my Rachel Blum on Software, Games And The Rest Of Life Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: pauldwaite http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/08/10/apple-and-universal-and-drm-oh-my/comment-page-1#comment-30547 pauldwaite Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:21:43 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/08/10/apple-and-universal-and-drm-oh-my#comment-30547 <p>What I like is the implication that springs from this bit:</p> <blockquote> <p>"Apple’s proprietary D.R.M. does not work with most rivals’ devices or software"</p> </blockquote> <p>Yeah. As compared to all those other non-proprietary DRM systems that anyone can implement. Of which there are none. Because it's DRM. It hs to be proprietary. Because if you tell everyone how it works, it doesn't work any more. Jackasses.</p> <p>But enough with all this folly. Let's get down to the real meat. I'm English. Whenever I see someone write a blog title or whatever in the form "X and X and X, oh my", it drives me mad, because I've no idea what y'all are referencing. I'm assuming it's some shared American cultural thing like the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, because I feel like I've only seen Americans using it. But it's one of those tricky un-Googleable phrases (Google "oh my", or even ",oh my", and you'll be sifting through lots of stuff).</p> <p>So please. Groby. Old buddy. (Who I have never met, and whose name may well be Robert.) What is up with the "X and X and X, oh my" thing?</p> <p>Please.</p> What I like is the implication that springs from this bit:

“Apple’s proprietary D.R.M. does not work with most rivals’ devices or software”

Yeah. As compared to all those other non-proprietary DRM systems that anyone can implement. Of which there are none. Because it’s DRM. It hs to be proprietary. Because if you tell everyone how it works, it doesn’t work any more. Jackasses.

But enough with all this folly. Let’s get down to the real meat. I’m English. Whenever I see someone write a blog title or whatever in the form “X and X and X, oh my”, it drives me mad, because I’ve no idea what y’all are referencing. I’m assuming it’s some shared American cultural thing like the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, because I feel like I’ve only seen Americans using it. But it’s one of those tricky un-Googleable phrases (Google “oh my”, or even “,oh my”, and you’ll be sifting through lots of stuff).

So please. Groby. Old buddy. (Who I have never met, and whose name may well be Robert.) What is up with the “X and X and X, oh my” thing?

Please.

]]> By: Thetathx1138 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/08/10/apple-and-universal-and-drm-oh-my/comment-page-1#comment-30546 Thetathx1138 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:10:13 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/08/10/apple-and-universal-and-drm-oh-my#comment-30546 <p>In my opinion, it's really more about the fact that Universal still wants the good old days, when people bought albums by the cubic ton. They've been kicking and screaming about being indentured to Apple from the beginning.</p> <p>Normally I'd agree with you except basically this is Universal trying to be the one holding a near-monopoly; as far as I can see, the only loser is the consumer (and anybody holding Universal stock.)</p> In my opinion, it’s really more about the fact that Universal still wants the good old days, when people bought albums by the cubic ton. They’ve been kicking and screaming about being indentured to Apple from the beginning.

Normally I’d agree with you except basically this is Universal trying to be the one holding a near-monopoly; as far as I can see, the only loser is the consumer (and anybody holding Universal stock.)

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