It seems to me that the implementation issue is just a symptom of a deeper problem: copyright and DRM by definition grants a monopoly. This monopoly can be abused. For instance, if you want to watch movie X and it is distributed in such a way that you have to give private data, your options are not to watch it or get a &quot;non official&quot; version.<p>Could the copyright law be extend in order to prevent its abuse and protect the consumers, for instance by using the concept of &quot;abusive clause&quot; [0]?<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikimediation.org&#x2F;index.php?title=Abusive_clause" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikimediation.org&#x2F;index.php?title=Abusive_clause</a>