Are you one of the millions of people who still need an object lesson in why DRM sucks? How about this: Google is nuking all the videos you bought or rented from Google Video, because they’re exiting the for-pay video business altogether. As of August 15, they won’t work anymore. That’s what happens when you buy something that content owners don’t believe you should or can actually own. Are we all clear now? OK, good.

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