It can't be anarchy, but it can't be a dictature either...

This is something which I believe is really important...

While companies like Sony can sell CDs that contain code like XCP and can protect themselves with tough EULAs, is that really beneficial? Not only was there this huge backlash against Sony, but on top of that EULAs like the one that was shipped with those CDs clearly skew the balance on one side. Yes it might be legal, but what is the point? Is Sony writing such a EULA to start suing people that don't destroy the songs after they get their house robbed? Do they really need to write that in there?

I am not sure how effective prohibition is... Maybe it would be better to design EULAs and technologies around what is really effective, and not around what you can necessarily "pull". I am sure they already do these calculations, I wished they would publish them so that we can see what were their projections with XCP: How many more legal copies would be sold, what would be the "original" cost of technical support, etc.

It's not too late to find a good compromise between what technology and law.