[Bush2000]

It is exactly this kind of consumer control and fair use that will be hindered when DRM is embedded into the hardware. That's why it's a bad thing and why Stallman is right in concept (stripped of all the extremist hippie talk).

Organizations have every right to design their products to include anti-piracy/anti-hacking technology. Don't like it? Too bad. Don't buy the products -- or design your own alternatives. You do not have an absolute right to dictate the hardware designs of computer manufacturers -- any more than you have input into the design of a microwave, car, or any other consumer device.

[antiRepublicrat]

Organizations have every right to design their products to include anti-piracy/anti-hacking technology. Don't like it? Too bad. Don't buy the products

If I want to get a copy of The Incredibles for home viewing over and over, in high quality with extras and commentary, what is my option? DVD. They have a monopoly, and with that comes responsibility.

You do not have an absolute right to dictate the hardware designs of computer manufacturers

No but I do have fair use rights on their copyrighted works, and their technology sometimes interferes with those rights. Or how about a basic right: to view that which you have legally purchased? I bought a DVD player. I bought a DVD. I want to play it. Oops, our profit-driven market segregation doesn't allow that. Too effin' bad, I'll hack the hardware so I can watch my German DVDs as much as I want to. CSS is trying to keep me from taking fair use snippets and making backups? Too effin' bad, the tools I need to exercise my rights that were made illegal under the DMCA aren't illegal in other countries, and the WWW is far-reaching.