Will Shipley enlightened me to Adobe’s “poison tip” shenanigans. I didn’t realize Adobe was storing information about me on my hard drive without my permission! How dare they! Feeling violated, I’ve sought legal council on the matter and hope to hear an opinion shortly. (I’m pretty sure Adobe has this covered in the fine print of their license agreement though. Who reads that stuff?)

It got me thinking about Apple including my contact information in DRM-free music files I purchase from iTunes. A lot of people are worried about this–though I’m not sure why. Perhaps Apple is trying to provide contact information in the event my music is stolen from my computer. I would certainly like to reclaim my files if they were stolen, but how could I if I could not clearly prove I purchased them from Apple in the first place?

So Apple is trying to protect owners of music – could be EMI, could be me. What is so wrong with that?

| Digg this article! | Add to del.icio.us