With every horror story of the way these arrogant media producers think they have the right to control consumer hardware, the more resolved I am to never buy DRMed media at any price. But I also put my money where my mouth is, and try to throw my support behind programs like Sanctuary, which I discovered wasn't encumbered by DRM after I tentatively downloaded one episode to see if it would be trouble or not (it's in HD too).

Every time a consumer gives money to the content creators who try to force control schemes upon them, they're just begging for more abuse. Whenever a consumer just decides to take their money elsewhere when confronted with DRM shenanigans, they're empowering themselves. As for me, I'm more than content to just let those companies keep their "property" if it means so much to them that they insist on treating me, the consumer, with disrespect.