I think this kind of thinking will be squashed by the higher-ups at M$ sooner rather than later. Especially since M$ is trying to get in with Hollywood in a bad way.
Darknet
I never expected Microsoft to release a whitepaper like The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution [via Boing Boing]. It totally contradicts the direction that the company has been taking recently. From the conclusion:
This means that a vendor will probably make more money by selling unprotected objects than protected objects. In short, if you are competing with the darknet, you must compete on the darknet’s own terms: that is convenience and low cost rather than additional security.
Is this the beginning of a radical shift toward rational thinking within Microsoft or just another marketing ploy?