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But the problem is, you don't actually have that right

tjleeland 15th Feb 2006

See, under fair use laws you don't have the right to have ABSOLUTE control over ALL of [your] content/data. Whether you like it or not.

Otherwise we wouldn't have things like libraries; and you could be stopped from lending or giving a book to a friend.

And guess what, authors and publishers have somehow managed to do very well despite the fact that I can walk into a building and read thousands of books for free - in just about any city in this country.

With DRM/CRAP applied to our past, you might not be able to get a book that's out of print (no reselling of books, per CRAP) or have an archive of historical texts (the author is dead, publisher gone, no one to approve your use). It's a dead end for everyone. So for the greater good, you don't get to have absolute control. Sorry.