Yes, 7.5.6 got skipped.

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This update is only for new MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and Airs with DisplayPort. It shouldn't show up for any other hardware.

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Your gripe should be with everyone who is complicit in supporting this sort of thing, that includes Apple. They sell the stuff on the store and make some small amount of money on it, and the sale of such things makes the hardware they sell more attractive. Apple is absolutely responsible for the DRM just as much as the content owners, particularly after their public comments about DRM in the past.

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Those who occupy the boardrooms seem to not realize this.

Every study I've seen shows that DRM does little to inhibit piracy. Whereas DRM-free actually results in increased sales.

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Exactly - the only reason I don't buy DRM protected files is that it just too painful to do what I want with the files I own - I'd gladly pay the 99 cents (or whatever) - but when I rip the music, it just works anywhere and on any device.

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Again it has nothing to do with piracy, the more we sit around and debate drm vs piracy and blast the executives for being stubborn, the less attention the real issue gets.

This is about control, not piracy. Start framing discussion and criticism around the fact that they actually want to substantially limit what you can do with stuff you paid for, and things might change. Every time you mention the piracy thing, it only legitimizes that particular use of DRM (which we know is bullshit), and gives them a defense for implementing the DRM. They have no valid defense for implementing DRM to extract more money out of people, and the public won't put up with it on that basis, but every time the tech world talks about this stuff its always the piracy thing, which is both invalid and ineffective as a means to complain.

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Um, it does? My TV plays back fine to a Dell Monitor connected via an HDMI-to-DVI adapter (which doesn't support HDCP, obviously).

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My monitor doesn't play HD Movies and HD TV Shows, I always get the HDCP Error and my HP monitor supports HDCP, I can play Blu-Ray movies on my monitor which requires HDCP, I also have the HDMI - DVI connection.

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"I know someone's gotta pay bills for the bandwidth and all but cut me a break here! What idiot would willing pay more money for an inferior copy?"

People who have different preferences are not idiots. Let's avoid using ad hominem fallacies, and just make a case why it's better to pay for physical media vs. digital media.

Also those who purchase digital content have good reasons - to eliminate clutter in their apt/home. I personally prefer physical media, but it's good to respect others' preferences.

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