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Originally Posted by porkupan
Well, I guess you don't go to supermarket either. They are watching you through those cameras, just in case you decide to put a can of soda in your pocket. Talk about treating you like a criminal!
The thing is, there are a lot of thieves out there. You may not be one of them, but hundreds of people are. And there are people who would on principle buy an electronic copy of a book or a song, and put it out there for everyone to copy. So, the companies have to watch out for their rights.
Just as supermarket security has to watch the shoppers. I don't think you are majorly inconvenienced by this fact.
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I have carefully looked around my grocery store and I don't see any cameras. The difference with the grocery store is that, if there are cameras, they don't follow me home and hang around my house the way DRM works. Once I walk out of the grocery store, I can do whatever I want with my groceries.
The cameras in the store are equivalent to the firewalls and security measures to keep you out of their servers so you don't download a book for free. DRM would be like sending the security guard home with me.