Comment by ndriscoll

This is how literally all laws work. By default, you can do whatever you'd like. Some things leave others feeling they've been harmed, cheated, etc. so we pass laws saying you may not do those things.

People were pointing out the issues with DRM 20+ years ago, but it was largely a theoretical concern at the time for most people. Now it's more real in exactly the way people said it would be (oops, your new computer doesn't have a CD drive, and newer windows doesn't allow the old DRM drivers anyway so your old games are unusable. Better buy our new digital version again. Oops we've decided to remove your access to the new digital version. No refunds.) for them, so the idea of passing laws against it is gaining popularity.