库瑞·多克托罗在2011年的演讲中警告，数字版权管理(DRM)的扩张预示着一场针对通用计算机的更广泛冲突。1他指出，版权战争只是序幕，各行业将推动对计算机和互联网施加越来越多的限制，最终导致监控和审查措施升级，威胁个人自由和技术的开放属性。1
多克托罗以多个现实案例阐述这一威胁的紧迫性。索尼曾在600万张音频CD上安装秘密rootkit程序，1而Lower Merion学区向学生分配的笔记本电脑配备了可远程秘密监控的rootkit。1更值得关注的是，SOPA法案采纳了与叙利亚、中国和乌兹别克斯坦相同的网络控制措施。1
多克托罗强调，"所有DRM控制都会汇聚到恶意软件"，"所有互联网控制都会汇聚到监控和审查"。1通用计算机的特性使得移除某些功能等同于改变其基础属性，这与仅用于特定目的的技术不同，因此个人计算自由面临前所未有的威胁。1
In a 2011 lecture, Cory Doctorow articulated how digital rights management (DRM) has evolved into a broader threat against general-purpose computing.1 He characterized the copyright wars not as an isolated conflict but as a precursor to larger battles in which various industries will push for restrictions on computers and the internet, culminating in escalating surveillance and censorship that endanger personal freedom and technological openness.1
Doctorow illustrated his argument with concrete examples of how DRM and control mechanisms have been weaponized. Sony loaded secret rootkit installers onto 6 million audio CDs,1 while the Lower Merion School District equipped computers distributed to students with rootkits enabling remote covert surveillance.1 He noted that the SOPA legislation employed the same enforcement measures used by Syria, China, and Uzbekistan,1 underscoring the convergence of censorship tactics across authoritarian and democratic contexts.
Central to Doctorow's thesis is the distinction between general-purpose computers and specialized devices.1 He emphasized that "all DRM controls converge to malware" and "all internet controls converge to surveillance and censorship,"1 warning that removing certain functionalities from general computers fundamentally alters their defining characteristic—their universal applicability. This represents a qualitatively different threat than restrictions placed on single-purpose technologies, as the compromises imposed on computing itself threaten the architecture of freedom that underpins modern digital life.1
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