Back in January Microsoft encrypted all my hard drives without saying anything. I was playing around with a dual boot yesterday and somehow aggravated Secureboot. So my C: panicked and required a 40 character key to unlock.
Your key is backed up to the Microsoft account associated with your install. Which is considerate to the hackers. (and saved me from a re-install) But if you've got an unactivated copy, local account, or don't know your M$ account credentials, your boned.
Control Panel > System Security > Bitlocker Encryption.
BTW, I was aware that M$ was doing this and even made fun of the effected users. Karma.
You made a comparison to gaming and said the devs don't make the money. Who do you think makes the money in gaming? The producers. Why do you think the profits of film making go to law makers instead of the production company bank rolling the movie?
In all these fields, the investor (owner) pays salaries to producers then owns the ip and product. Sorry. I just assumed you knew this. They get nothing and will not lobby anything for drm. Overwhelmingly artists and creators and producers, writers, everyone involved in making your media is day workers just like you and me.
I think the disconnect here is that you're using the term producer differently from the way most people do. You're viewing a "producer" as a normal worker (like you and me). Back to the gaming comparison, the "developer" and "producer" of a game refer to companies. Go to a game's Steam page. There is a section for each of those. The term is the same for the individuals working there, so it can be confusing. When people say "game developers push for DRM" they don't mean the individual developers working there, they mean the company, and of course the owners (investors) control the company.
No need to be condescending and say things like "sorry, I just assumed you know this."