The old way, the way of being a gate keeper, to sell your media for as high as possible, was always a scam.

It has been found, time and time again, that just omitting the locking stuff increases revenue. Less hassle, more money.

But no, the type of mind at the top is that, if they can pirate it, they will pirate it. We must stop it, we must punish it.

People have given away songs for donation, and have gotten more money than they ever have through big record label.

People self publish books, even give away the digital version, and they make more money then if they had a publisher.

The entire idea of "copyright" is wrong, but the executives demand to have the power to tell purchasers what they can and can't do, even after purchase. Evil.