The argument you didn't respond to is close but not exactly the argument I didn't explicitly make but was thinking of. DRM limits the ability of the consumer,

The argument you didn't respond to is close but not exactly the argument I didn't explicitly make but was thinking of. DRM limits the ability of the consumer, and at best it is benign. RMS is actually not being outlandish when he calls it digital restrictions management. And for what? Do they actually succeed in making it harder for people who plan on pirating to pirate? How many of these people would buy the content if they couldn't pirate it? I think your recurring argument about "first x weeks" revenues is reasonable. But I see little benefit gained by content producers after that. All I see is a net negative for the customer. It may be more negative for me than a typical customer, but I think this difference may decrease in the future. For example, Amazon reviewers experiences with Spore :)