"But we shouldn't miss the fact that Sony's behavior with both its XCP
and MediaMax implementations matches another pattern we've seen many
times before. It's the serial DRM offender profile that Microsoft,
Symantec, Intuit, and lesser lights in the software industry have
exhibited. Their product activation and other forms of copy protection
also aren't really about stopping piracy - they admit their DRM won't
stop the software counterfeiters. It's about giving the vendors control
over your usage of the products you buy, so they can decide if you're
using it in ways they don't like, or that they ought to force you to
upgrade, or that it's time to start selling the information they've
collected about you to the highest bidder."
From an Ed Foster's GripeLog newsletter, titled 'Sony's DRM Profile'.
http://www.gripe2ed.com/scoop/story/2005/11/10/03956/517 Notice DRM software does nothing to stop counterfeiters just honest users.
SonWon