I am forced to wonder if setting the clock forward to a date after the copyright on this game expires will automatically unlock the DRM. If not, perhaps there is a legal issue to be pursued, since the public domain is protected by the US constitution.

Yeah, I have that problem too, only reverse. I am a Unix admin. I get screenshots pasted directly into Outlook that come to me as "OLE_embedded" in Thunderbird. Just attach a .jpg, don't embed it and just assume that someone else is using your same client to read your email. OTOH, I can reasonably assume that if they really wanted help they would have sent it in a readable format in the first place.

Dammit, the proof is not in the pudding! Who puts the proof in the pudding, anyway? The saying is "The proof of the pudding is in the eating". And, just to stay on topic, Bobby is proof that unconventional thinking in one aspect of life can lead to difficulties if unchecked in other areas. Inspired becomes insane if the inspiration doesn't lead to success.