Longer than I want to waste on something so obvious, but for the better good ...

One word: CONTROL. I OWN the car AND the keys, AND the locks too for that matter. I can make as many copies of the keys as I want, I can change the locks. Also, I have the CHOICE on how it is protected or even IF it is protected. And OBVIOUSLY, it is for MY protection of property NOT Ford's, Mercedes, Chrysler's, Nissan's, etc. It is a completely different issue altogether, this is plain to see.

-Tim

PS> BTW, you do not OWN software ... you are buying a license to USE it.