Really though how does a DVD wearing out differ from lets say an XBOX 360 dieing after 90 days, or a blender after 90 days. Or a car after I drive it off the lot. We live in a society that depends on things breaking, and self destructing in order to drive spending. When you are purchasing a product producers of the product do not think about how folks can make a copy so they can use the original. Just because it would be much easier to copy a DVD you purchased than an XBOX does not really matter to them. They treat it the same.

In reality the ability to purchase a DRM version of something digitally actually has a much better chance of surviving provided I have a good back up regimen. On that note, Aspyr is going to start a game download service just like iTunes for there games, so in that case you will have the back up you want. So really, DRM is making it easier for us to keep things longer and not have them wear out. ;-)