That you are prevented from easily defeating any "copy protection" on content means the device one which you download and view that content is not fully controlled by you. Content publishers can reach into systems owned by you and relied on by you for financial transactions and health care information and mess around with data on your system. This is a designed-in security defect.
This does not meet the plain English meaning of "equal protection under law." Your property, your data, access to your money, your health records, etc. is not controlled by you in what should be a symmetrical and equal way.
In some contexts, like game consoles that are heavily subsidized by content revenue, content protection is a fair element of that deal. But not on systems you paid full price to own outright. Acts like deleting purchases should be treated as unauthorized access, and punished accordingly, no matter the click-through "agreement."
This does not meet the plain English meaning of "equal protection under law." Your property, your data, access to your money, your health records, etc. is not controlled by you in what should be a symmetrical and equal way.
In some contexts, like game consoles that are heavily subsidized by content revenue, content protection is a fair element of that deal. But not on systems you paid full price to own outright. Acts like deleting purchases should be treated as unauthorized access, and punished accordingly, no matter the click-through "agreement."