RIAA Finally Admits DRM Is Dead

[admin]

"DRM is dead, isn’t it?"

That's what Jonathan Lamy, chief spokesperson for the RIAA, said when asked about the RIAA's views on DRM.

And all it took was a bit of consumer protest, a few distributors that had the guts to drop DRM, and consumers voting with their wallet by choosing the (relatively) DRM-free services.

Now onto movies and gaming ...

More:

http://torrentfreak.com/drm-is-dead-riaa-says-090719/

[doctorhardware]

It is a very slow and ruff road to be traveled. But in the end it does get the point across money talks.

[drfsupercenter]

Eh, DRM'ed videos are just as bad. If not worse.

But I do appreciate the iTunes Plus, I actually have a reason to use their store now. (256kbps m4a > 256kbps mp3, so it's still better than Amazon mp3)

All I want now is a store that sells FLAC files for a dollar each... I'd totally use it

[admin]

Jonathan Lamy now denies making such a statement. The actual statement he made was this:

There is virtually no DRM on music anymore, at least on download services, including iTunes

Still sounds pretty much like he's staying DRM is dead (at least on download services) to me ...

[drfsupercenter]

Except for the fact that there's Zune, Napster, the new KaZaA, etc... there are quite a few that still uses DRM.

It's just that nobody uses them.
(Me included - I have a Zune and love it, but I just use the iTunes store for music... Zune supports unencrypted m4a, why not?)