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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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DRM on any product that isn't on loan (like a subscription) is bad. Be it on a physical product like a CD/DVD/BR or on a digital product like ebooks or music.
It could be that the manufacturer of that DVD player is still here, but he simply cannot deliver the product I need, because my tablet doesn't have room for a DVD player. And I'd have loved to watch that movie on holiday.
I bought the right to watch that movie, but DRM is preventing me (I can't copy it to the SD card in my tablet). I don't see why the medium on which the product was delivered has anything to do with it.