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Originally Posted by Catlady
Right, the focus should be on distribution. Even if a digital file is not DRMed, an individual has no inherent right to distribute it if it's under copyright.
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Speaking of Devil's Advocacy: The first couple centuries of copyright law were indeed all about this. Making an unauthorized copy of a book for most of that time meant, if not manual transcription, then an expensive, hot and heavy session with a xerox machine at best, so saying "this is illegal" was usually enough to stop John Q. Public from making the investment.
Now, it's so much faster, easier and cheaper, it is quite possible for an average John Q. Interweb to ACCIDENTALLY distribute millions of perfect duplicates of someone's IP. It's not hard to see why rights owners would want some technological protection.
ApK