HAL vs. RIAA

Jenny the Shifted Librarian riffs on DRM and computer priorities.

“I’ll bet that’s what really drove Hal crazy. Think about it. He probably just wanted to sing ‘On A Bicycle Built for Two’ (‘Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do….’) but the embedded DRM wouldn’t let him so his circuits blew, thereby causing the deaths of the crew.”

I can just see it. “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t play that file. I You know I have the greatest enthusiasm possible for the music, but there is an imminent failure in your DRM-35 unit.”