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DRM Is Dead
By Dan Costa
2007-03-14
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Sure, the RIAA can sue a handful of students each year and shut down a P2P network every six months, but this is just legal Whac-A-Mole. It doesn't solve the problem.Steve Jobs made headlines in February when he came out against digital rights management (DRM), the copy protection
schemes forced onto music tracks by the big record labels. Yes, Real-Networks
CEO, Rob Glazer, and Yahoo! Musics Dave Goldberg have made similar statements,
but Apple is the dominant player in digital music, and an open letter from Jobs
means something else entirely. You can read his whole missive on Apples
Web site, but the key point is this: "DRMs havent worked, and may
never work, to halt music piracy." Big words for a guy whos sold
more than a billion DRM-protected songs.
DRM isnt necessarily a bad idea. If you believe that a song has any value
at all, then it follows that artists should be paid for the work. Digital rights
management is just a way of making sure that happens. Unfortunately, as currently
designed, DRM doesnt prevent people from stealing music, and it makes life
harder for consumers who want to play by the rules and purchase music legally.
Music unprotected by DRM is always available from other sources. Grabbing free
music from P2P sharing services such as BearShare, BitTorrent, eMule, or LimeWire
is simple. With a broadband cable connection, you can download a track in about
30 seconds and an entire album in less than 5 minutes. Sure, the RIAA can sue
a handful of students each year and shut down a P2P network every six months,
but this is just legal Whac-A-Mole. It doesnt solve the problem.
 Read the full story on PCMagazine.com: DRM Is Dead
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