Re:So, EA has to do business your way? (Score 1)

What gives YOU the RIGHT to something created by someone else?

The fact that they offered it to me in exchange for my money, and then they confirmed that offer by accepting my money. If they weren't giving up something as part of an exchange, then what gave them the right to my money?

Exactly, it's money. You trade your money for their product. You do not have a "natural right" to anything anyone else produces, only your own "products" and those for which you trade. You do not get a right to copy it and give it away to all your friends unless you are granted that right by the producer. I do have issues with producers' assertions that you may not copy something you have bought for your own archival purposes.

If there is an issue that interferes with your ability to use the product you have paid for in the future, then I am strongly on your side. After all, you paid for that ability. But the idea that you have some God-given right to anything anyone else makes is absurd and should be called such.