Nah, no more than buying the original iPod helped usher in a dystopian future where the music industry controlled us all. Just the opposite happened; once the i

Nah, no more than buying the original iPod helped usher in a dystopian future where the music industry controlled us all. Just the opposite happened; once the industry shifted to digital, the anti-DRM pressure rose to the point where DRM could be done away with. It's already happening with ebooks; look at the torrent networks.