Digital Rights Management in 2070, Not just cracking software.... Options

[BlackHat]

So, I think its pretty well assumed that all players have all cracked software, and that they can do so for free before the game starts (sicne it'd take like an hour otherwise and just slow down gameplay while the PC describes what he did before the sun went down).

What I wonder, is how the rest of the shadowrun universe deals with digital-rights issues. Example:

I amAverage Joe Consumer. In my house, I have a TV, of some sort. Trideo, nothing special, can accept audio/video feeds from anything, but since I'm Average Joe Consumer I only really use it to show television programs, that I stream from the Matrix (for some nominal fee, that's taken care of in my lifestyle, I am sure).

Techniqually, though, this television has infinate (or nearly so) hard drive space. I could store every show I've ever watched on it, for later enjoyment (which makes sense, if I payed for them). I could theoretically even store shows I didn't watch (ala TiVo), to resovle schedualing conflicts.

Even if, for whatever reason, televeisions are specifically built with VERY limited storage memory... my commlink (and everyone has one) DOES have infinate memory, and is more than capable of hopping online, and using my account to retrieve my programming (either piping it to my television, saving it to disc, or both).

Same really goes for audio. My car radio couldeasily record all of my favorite songs, and is almost certianly able to wirelessly synch up with my "Sony sTunes" program I run on my commlink to manage my personal playlists.

I guess my question is, based on the loose rules/fluff presented in the SR4 core book, does anyone have any guesses at how the Corps would really enforce digital rights management stuff? Or by then, is illegal file sharing of this weeks episode of "Karl Kombat Mage: The Teen Years" the least of their concearns?

Is it safe to assume that any starting character could choose to have a nearly-infinate playlist of music and television reruns (HBO simflicks?) on his junky old commlink? or are they still expected to blow starting character cash on them?