>>712530665 (OP)>NOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST PROTECT YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY YOU MUST LET ME STEAL NOOOOOWords involuntarily uttered by every publisher, NPE and legal company upon the creation of AGPLv3+NIGGER.
The introduction of IP law, especially globalized IP law as championed by the WIPO (primarily staffed by lawyers, big surprise), has been a disaster for industry, academia and culture, completely stymieing natural iteration with a system that primarily functions by having both parties attempt to bleed the other dry with legal fees, meaning that even a successful case (in the wrong jurisdiction) can just lead to your bankruptcy (see Aureal vs. Creative).
IP law doesn't benefit creators and there is barely even a benefit to anti-piracy software as invasive as Denuvo (becoming completely irrelevant after 6-12 weeks according to Denuvo themselves).
>>712531212The service is being provided by someone else.