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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
I shop in stores with video cams and scanners looking for shoplifters, have purchased things kept locked behind glass. Not really different IMO then DRM. Theft deterrents that don't always work, but that everyone has to put up with, honest or not.
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The difference (as I see it, anyway) is that DRM encumbers our fair use of the intellectual property we have licensed.
Without any real good to society to compensate (since it doesn't stop real criminal infringement) it harms society by limiting our ability to use the IP in a way we legitimately believe we can and should be able to, such as by potentially locking us into one manufacture's hardware or by locking us out of our content entirely in the event of a corporate closure.
The locked display cases do deter shoplifting, at least a bit, and do no harm to society, so their minor annoyance-factor is acceptable.