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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Can you think of another example of mandatory limited access *after* purchase?
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Sure. How about
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Cars (need to obey all those road rules, maintain a license and registration, buy insurance), park it in the wrong place and it'll get impounded),
Planes (even more so),
Alcohol (can't serve it to kids or resell it, carry it open in your car, or even drink it in public),
Copyrighted paper books (can't makes copies and sell them, can't publish a story based on the content.)
There's lots more. Rules, restrictions, license requirements, are nothing new or abhorrent. It's the particulars of the restrictions of DRM and the unfair impact of it on our other rights that I find objectionable.