He compares the current approach to DRM to a hypothetical example involving a book written in 1576. Since the book doesn't have DRM and is under fair use, Hunter can go to the University of Pennsylvania's library and read it. "If that same book had DRM, I wouldn't be able to read it now. The person who created the content and the technology protecting it are dead. The standards would be unrecognizable" and therefore the content would be lost, he says. "Content owners should make money, but they need to come up with a way that allows reuse in 20 to 30 years." Yup. If we could return copyright to a more reasonable 28 years (two 14-year terms for registered material), things would be a little more reasonable. Eternal copyright is a ripoff of the American people.