I probably lean more towards your side of things (or even just outright agree with you), though I can see how RMS's position isn't inherently inconsistent. The

I probably lean more towards your side of things (or even just outright agree with you), though I can see how RMS's position isn't inherently inconsistent. There's a difference between the legal construct of copyright and the technical enforcement measures foisted on buyers or computing hardware. Wanting to rely on the legal construct while avoiding the later strikes me as excessively idealistic... but we're talking about RMS here. It's not exactly analogous, but it seems somewhat similar to supporting enforceable stop signs and being against using a camera to do so.