Explaining the obvious to TUAW

TUAW has a post, “Remove iTunes DRM easily and quickly with iMovie HD“, which talks about exactly that: the old iMovie/iTunes DRM “loophole”.

But the inexplicably, it goes on to say:

This makes you question why DRM is there in the first place.

It … does? 3 words, TUAW: Cory. Motherfucking. Doctorow. You can positively hear him jumping up and down saying “ARE YOU SHITTING ME?”. He has from time to time posted the occasional remark on the topic, in the general direction of Cupertino …

Maybe my dad’s not hip to the fantastic world of DRM, but anyone hip enough to know they need to break the DRM has already questioned why it’s there in the first place. UH DUH?