The music industry's various restrictions on use were intended to facilitate management of its properties, but left music buyers feeling like they were being penalized. When contrasted with the ease and convenience of obtaining illegal downloads, the excessive DRM protections gave consumers still more reason to abandon the legal offerings, creating another vicious cycle.
音樂界為管理方便而限制使用條件的種種作法，讓付費購買正版的消費者反而有種「被懲罰」的感覺，畢竟和網上唾手可得、非法流傳的友善分享行為相較，過度設計的數位版權機制，讓消費者更有理由「離開」而毫無罪惡感。