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Originally Posted by HarryT
The copyright holder has an absolute right to control distribution in any way that they wish.
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True, and they also have the absolute right to make stupid decisions on the control of that content that ends up losing them business.
Luckily, the solution to the problem is simple. Most (if not all) DRM systems have already been broken. If I had invested a lot of money in a format that I am no longer able to access, I would have no moral objections to using
something to break the DRM so that I can convert the content. If the copyright owner doesn't like that, too bad.
The "absolute right" that you speak of is actually an artificial right that the public granted to the owner with the intent of encouraging more creation. It was not intended to be used purely for control/profit reasons.