Normally when I think of the stereotypical disliked DRM scenario it is something along the lines of: A publisher offers to sell, I do mean sell not lease o

Normally when I think of the stereotypical disliked DRM scenario it is something along the lines of: A publisher offers to sell, I do mean sell not lease or contract, you an ebook. The ebook however comes with DRM. It is not legal, in the US, to break that DRM under most circumstances. This is case where DRM conflicts with the first-sales doctrine [1] and most people belief that they should be allowed to do pretty much whatever they want to their own property. Often publishes advertise something as selling property, but really only want to lease access rights, which is a different problem, false, dishonest or deceitful advertising. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine