DRM

If you ethically buy a CD from a distributer who implants that CD with DRM conditional access control which allows the CD to be played only by one device, then that device fails (say the hard-drive dies) would it then be legal to un-ethically download/torrent the CD so you can play it again? Or does the price of the original content include a price reduction to take into account a single device usage? These are questions that may be solved soon if not already for the music industry (see below) but what about the movie, cable, or IPTV industries?

The iTunes Store, run by Apple Inc., allows users to purchase a track online for $.99 US. The tracks purchased use Apple's FairPlay DRM system. Apple later launched iTunes Plus, which offered higher quality DRM-free tracks for a higher price. On October 17, 2007, iTunes Plus became available at the usual $.99 price, replacing the non-Plus tracks. On January 6, 2009 Apple announced at its Macworld Expo keynote that iTunes music would be available completely DRM free by the end of the month. Videos sold and rented through iTunes, as well as mobile software sold through the iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, continue to use Apple's FairPlay DRM to in inhibit casual piracy.
--From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management#DRM_and_music