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Originally Posted by Katsunami
If I buy something which has DRM and/or depends on the seller being 'alive' (subscription, or continuous internet connection/activation), then I won't have anything if the seller disappears.
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But that's not entirely true, is it? A DVD has DRM, but it doesn't matter because all the manufacturers of DVD players have agreed on a single DRM standard. If one manufacturer of DVD players dies, you can buy one from someone else. The problem is caused by "single vendor" flavours of DRM.