DRM Adrenaline Courses Through my Veins!

Check it.

http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html

"Some newer CDs from Sony BMG contain an antipiracy application that must be installed in order to play the CD on your Windows PC. Should the unwary consumer say "yes" to the license agreement, the application implants hooks into the Windows kernel to make sure you don't use the CD in a manner Sony doesn't approve of. Those hooks are undetectable unless you know exactly what you're looking for, and are all but impossible to uninstall apart from contacting Sony and requesting removal. Attempting to remove the software yourself will leave you with a nonfunctional CD-ROM drive. Heaven help you if you're running a beta of Vista. Sony's application will utterly hose your Vista install.

"What's even more infuriating is that Sony's rootkit provides a means of entry for other hackers to compromise your system (assuming they are able to gain access). All they have to do is use the same naming convention Sony's software uses. And even if your system is never compromised, you still have a process you didn't ask for taking up CPU cycles -- 1 to 2 percent even when your PC is otherwise idle."

This also serves notice as the start of a new mini-series: Why I (Still) Use Macintosh, Reason #2. Macs are (so far) unafflicted by DRM schemes such as Sony's.

Reason #1, which is closely related to the technical details of Sony's dishonest DRM scheme and the reasons why it works . . . is that there are no known viruses that affect the Macintosh. NONE. (There is no theoretical reason why there couldn't be one, but so far there are none.)