Of course everyone has the right to protect their interests. If you write and perform a nice song, somebody else shouldn't just be able to take credit for it. If you spent time and effort to bring a handy product to the public, somebody else should compensate you for it.
However the way music labels, software publishers, movie studios have decided to protect their interests is bordering on the ridiculous. One recent prime example is here. One game has a specific install limitation that prevents people from installing it on several different computers. However, even if you have legitimate reason to reinstall your game (you have a new hard disk, your computer crashes, you temporarily need the space for something else, or god forbid you want to play the game again after several years) the game does not recognize it as such. Therefore if you run out of installs you have to buy the game again!
Again, I respect the rights of people to protect their properties, but the way they're doing it is unsavory. They are pretty much deciding how we should be using our time, control the way we should act.
People will and should do everything in their power to prevent that. Otherwise an innocent hobby is quickly turning into a time waster.
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