Digital Content and the Sense of Entitlement

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Engadget has an interesting debate going regarding Stephen Speicher's article on "Digital Entitlement" over at The Clicker, an opinion column on entertainment and technology. Here is what Speicher says:

There is something that I've never really understood when it comes to the digital entertainment debate. That is: where do people get their sense of entitlement with regard to content? Don't get me wrong -- I understand the hatred of DRM. I too have been bitten by incompatible formats and locked-down systems. I understand the digital claustrophobia one feels when in the bear hug warm embrace of DRM. DRM is often a nasty (if necessary) evil, and its existence nearly always degrades the user experience. I understand all that. What I don't get is the sense of entitlement people feel for the content itself. After all, it's not really our content. At the end of the day if that's how content owners choose to sell it, isn't that their right? Isn't ours simply a choice of to buy or not to buy?

Check out some of the comments at Engadget. Where do you stand?

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