It's true that he has one of your candy bars that he hasn't paid for. Someone comes along, picks it up, and eats one. In the course of daily life, a few unwrapped candy bars are left lying around on the sidewalk. You not only own a bunch of candy bars, but a candy-bar-making machine, which I would submit is the real essence of what you "own." Spot, I think I see your point of view, but try this on: Obviously, folks don't agree that ripping movies or disabling encryption is a bad thing. Except I'm sure everyone here would agree that's a horrible thing to have happen to you. It's very little different than coming up with a software that easily allows hackers to enter your bank account and take your money from you. The bigger problem is grossly exemplified in this post with the concept of consumers believing they have the "right" to do anything with content, software, or other electronically obtainable or transmittable product or service. End of story.įair Use does allow for copies of movies to be made for archiving, but if the process of making copies bypasses copy protection schemes, the act of making copies then becomes a legal violation. If a company produces a knife that allows consumers to more easily steal the property of the product owner, then the product owner then enforces his rights. If the seller chooses to protect his product, that is entirely within his right. Buying a movie doesn't guarantee any rights except those granted by the seller of the product. Either he/she buys the product or they don't. The consumer does not have the right to "demand" anything. Eventually, the incentive to develop quality product goes away. At some point, the cost of DRM and the cost of quality product development become at odds with each other. So.I have a bag of candy bars which I've legally purchased as a result of my hard work.Ī man comes to me with a knife, and says "Give me your candy bars."Ī-Fight him as hard as I can, potentially spilling some of my candy on the ground but trying to keep possession of my property.Ĭ-Recognize that for all of my life, there will be people holding knives to my throat, and rather than deal with them, I just create a blanket license agreement that says "I know I'm going to be robbed by thieves with knives, so I'll just agree before ever buying the candy, to a license agreement that says anyone who wants a piece of my candy can have one, but please don't hold a knife to my throat."
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