Cracked.com member AceJustice is featured in the site's photoshopping contest that asks members to imagine, "If Other Industries Were As Evil as the RIAA." I love AceJustice's entry, as it illustrates one of my favorite DRM metaphors, useful when people ask why I think it's important that we be allowed to run "unapproved" software on our phones and tablets: "Would you buy a toaster that limited you to buying your bread from a single vendor?"
If Other Industries Were As Evil as the RIAA
(Thanks, Zefyr!)
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