I think it is only a matter of time before the OTA media cartels bribe/donate to make sure the DRM sticks around for the long term. We all know they have a price and will basically enact anything for the right price

Ah, maybe there is a warped logic here that I never considered before. Could they be thinking of a non-OTA future? Obviously impersonating an OTA station would be insanely wacked and stopped pretty quickly. Perhaps they are looking for a way to preserve all the station sovereignty even if the ...