World’s Oddest Copy-Protection Scheme:

In the entire catalogue of insidious digital rights management schemes – software that disables itself or your operating system, or that sends a message back to the distributor, if you try to make unauthorized copies — nothing beats this for intentionally inflicting emotional distress. We haven’t heard the last of vuvuzuela-based defenses, I suspect.

[Thanks to Justin Gordon for the pointer]

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