Music DRM
Music DRM
[Cueball sits at his computer.] Cueball [typing]: ...and that's why music DRM is bad for listeners and artists! Megan [off-panel]: What are you doing?
[Megan enters and Cueball turns towards her.] Megan: In case you didn't notice, we won the music DRM war.  The big stores are DRM free.
[Zoom in on Megan who holds up a hand doing the sign of the horns.] Megan: So close the comment thread, get out the debit card, buy us some music, and let's rock the fuck out.
[Back to viewing both as in panel 2.] Cueball: But I don't actually like music, I just like being self-righteous on the web. Megan: Lucky for you, that will always be free.

Here, Cueball is commenting in a comment thread that he authored about the negative traits of DRM, or again, Digital Rights Management (also known under 'Digital Restrictions Management'). Cueball has a point: DRM, while meant to fight those who download media through 'dungeon sketchy' maneuvers, risks locking out legitimate owners . In turn, this turns off legitimate buyers from buying the songs, thus hurting artists.
Of course, this would be true if the major stores sell music with DRM. Megan , wanting Cueball to make peace and enjoy his goal, makes the following choice quote: 'Close the comment thread, get out the debit card, buy us some music, and let's rock the fuck out', while she shows the sign of the horns .
The problem is that Cueball is arguing for the enjoyment of arguing, not out of any actual belief in what he's arguing about.
The title text references 132: Music Knowledge while implying that Randall is not really a music fan, since he would only be interested in music that appears in the games that he plays.
[Cueball sits at his computer.] Cueball [typing]: ...and that's why music DRM is bad for listeners and artists! Megan [off-panel]: What are you doing?
[Megan enters and Cueball turns towards her.] Megan: In case you didn't notice, we won the music DRM war.  The big stores are DRM free.
[Zoom in on Megan who holds up a hand doing the sign of the horns.] Megan: So close the comment thread, get out the debit card, buy us some music, and let's rock the fuck out.
[Back to viewing both as in panel 2.] Cueball: But I don't actually like music, I just like being self-righteous on the web. Megan: Lucky for you, that will always be free.
