Comment by jauntywundrkind

Ah, the destruction of property rights by contract law. Sprinkle in some "technological protection measures" and all of a sudden exercising consumer rights is now a felony offense. As Cory Doctorow says, felony offense of business model. See Mark Lemley's two decade old Terms of Use, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm

I love technology because I think it enriches & enhances individuals. Our ability to impact the local & broader world goes hand in hand with our tool-making & tech (often is the same thing). Technology is amazing & great.

But layer in Intellectual Property law & suddenly technology is the infernal machine, is the anchor sinking humanity & tyrannizing the spirit. I feel a religious obligation above that of my state's requirements to smash this hell.