Engadget on DRM Disrepair
Engadget posted a nice run down of responses to Steve Job’s ‘Thoughts on Music‘ (mentioned here). The article, titled DRM: the State of Disrepair, the article also looks at the most popular DRM protection schemes in use today and highlights how they have been broken. It’s well worth a read, especially if you’re not familiar with different DRM schemes.
Update: One of the responses that the Engadget mentions is from Macrovision CEO Fred Amoroso. It’s particularly idiotic and laced with PR-Speak, so the ever poignant Daring Fireball provides this translation. Here’s an excerpt of the translation relating to interoperable DRM:
Magic interoperable DRM would give people all the features and capabilities they get with DRM-free media.