> Putting in another hoop for abusive corporations to jump through does have a function. There would be additional opportunities for whistleblowers to spot it h

> Putting in another hoop for abusive corporations to jump through does have a function. There would be additional opportunities for whistleblowers to spot it happening, opening up the company to legal and regulatory action. Also, it wouldn't necessarily have to be centrally controlled. 3rd party companies could be hired to do the administration. In which case DRM doesn't do anything, but regulation and whistleblowers do? > DRM could well be implemented as encryption and decentralized services. How would that work? You don't have control over your own machine, but everyone else does?! DRM is the idea that your property has a function that controls what you can do with your property based on instructions from a third party ... who would that "decentralized third party"(?) be? And what would even be the point of that? I am not sure I even understand what kind of construction you have in mind that would qualify as DRM and also be useful for the end user in any way.