"If you are an American who’s watched a DVD on Linux, there’s a good chance the DMCA makes you a criminal."
howtogeek.com also says: "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes unlocking cell phones, ripping DVDs, removing eBook DRM, and jailbreaking tablets illegal in the USA. However, there’s another surprise: simply watching a DVD on Linux is also illegal."
This is an example on how personal freedom and individual innovation is unwanted under the rule of laws guided by copyright holders.
Noone should have the right to tell me how I get to enjoy the DVD I just bought. Why should my school have to pay for special software for watching DVDs, when free ones could be installed by default on Ubuntu?