[sinkspur]

I doubt that this is a convincing arguement for you.

It's not, and I'll tell you why.

For every honest person like you, who will reproduce intellectual property ONLY for his own use, there are fifteen scoundrels who reproduce intellectual property and pass it around like candy to their friends, or even sell it, thereby benefitting from the work of others.

IOW, the abuse of others has lead to these electronic restrictions that, unfortunately, affect good people like you.

[steve-b]

For every honest person like you, who will reproduce intellectual property ONLY for his own use, there are fifteen scoundrels who reproduce intellectual property and pass it around like candy to their friends, or even sell it, thereby benefitting from the work of others.

Someone such as yourself, who accepts the Sarah Brady argument for technology bans, is hardly at home on FR.

IOW, the abuse of others has lead to these electronic restrictions that, unfortunately, affect good people like you.

Irrelevant. Copyright holders simply do not have any legal right to restrict those actions that fall within the realm of fair use.