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Sure, the current state does have issues. Also, I don't care much about that and since my solution to it is that don't purchase it if you don't like the rules.

Personally, I'm more concerned on fair use and the impact on the society when a product(media or software) is withheld geographically or produced with agenda beyond collecting direct payments. The fair use is more interesting one, when a digital product is widely successful it does have cultural impact on the society and IMHO it should become public domain at some point because the society becomes like a minefield for the other creatives.

I don't really care much about the tragedy of not being able to watch a movie years later after you paid as much as hamburger for it. It is not a real issue and you should have read the fineprint.



To me, the points you personally care about are very much related to the issues discussed in the article.

Geographic restrictions are very much driven by the same motivators that result in DRM and revokable content

You seek to make a distinction here that simply isn't there.




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