Another case for piracy.
The studios are shooting themselves in the foot. They're trying to annoy their audience into paying more. It's always bad business to annoy your audience.
Eventually, the studios will have to give in to the new distribution channels and they'll be forced into giving their customers what they want. That way, they'll make more money eventually.
Nick Ross:
One of the main reasons we all have anti-piracy slogans embedded in our brains is because the music industry chose to try and protect its existing market and revenue streams at all costs and marginalise and vilify those who didn't want to conform to the harsh new rules being set.
I agree with most of what he says. Good read.