Well so much for that...

Alright so after meeting with my English professor, it seems that I need to change my topic.

Such is my luck, go figure.

Although I must admit the way was Mrs. Palvetic explained the prompt, I immediately thought of a topic that almost everyone can relate to today:

piracy

Everyone from consumers to companies struggle with this issue. Consumers fight protection methods put forth by the companies in order to enjoy the product that they purchased and companies fight for the consumers business.

A great example of this today is Ubisoft. Ubisoft forces players of their popular game Assassin's Creed 2 to stay connected to the internet at all times. It is important to note that the game is completely single player and has no online game play.

Want to play it while on a flight? Better hope it has WiFi.
Internet went out and want to play Assassin's Creed? Sorry, out of luck.

An example that I have run into recently is TV series on iTunes. iTunes offers almost every current TV series and will deliver them to your computer within a day or two in pure HD quality. Now this works great (abet expensive), but there is one great problem for me.

I want to watch this series on my phone and not my iPod.

Well I'm out of luck. These files use iTunes FairPlay, which allows the files to run on only Apple approved hardware and software. So I cannot use my phone, with it's awesome Super AMOLED screen to watch my  files.

It frustrates me to no end because I would enjoy having my files whenever and wherever I want them. I do not want to be tied down to one product while people are out there downloading it for free.


Now I just have to figure out a way to turn this rant into a paper.

Leave a comment if you want to chime in on the issue :P