Originally Posted by bitman
I also understand why many consider the Digital Rights Management itself to be undesirable, since nobody really wants their activities monitored, even for a legal purpose. However, that issue has become confused with the definitions of malware in this case, primarily due to the use of rootkit like hiding of files and modification of CD-ROM access. I don't personally see this as a malicious rootkit, since its purpose isn't truly to take complete control of your pc, though the line is admittedly extremely thin.