It's more like saying that the police shouldn't protect your house if you didn't pay your property tax bill. The only legal basis for copyright existing in the

It's more like saying that the police shouldn't protect your house if you didn't pay your property tax bill. The only legal basis for copyright existing in the US is to provide incentives for creators to enrich the public domain. Any other basis is unconstitutional. With DRM, creators are failing to live up to their end of the bargain.