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11/25/2005 Archived Entry: "Top nine meanings for "DRM""

I'm one short of a "top ten" list. Here are the top nine new meanings for the acronym "DRM" (formerly, "Digital Rights Management"):

9. Designed to Rape your Machine
8. Desire to Reinforce Monopoly
7. Demented Rapacious Marketing
6. Deny Rights to Many
5. Disclaim Responsibility for Malware
4. Deploys a Rootkit Mendaciously
3. Doesn't Repel Malefactors
2. Disastrous Response from Management
1. Destined to Ruin the Market

On a more sober note, the market research firm Gartner has this to say about probable fallout from the Sony flap: "PC hardware/software providers: Prepare for continuing legislative attempts to require that DRM technology be integrated into products."

Fight back now, and don't yield an inch. —brad