The Guardian takes a look at DRM
Today’s Guardian has an article by Adam Webb on the state of DRM protection in the UK. There was rightly outrage when Sony BMG used a rootkit-based system to enforce copy protection on a number of CDs. Thankfully the record labels have yet to make much use of DRM on CDs for sale in the UK. The article doesn’t manage to come to a clear conclusion as to why this might be. The labels are certainly unforthcoming but will say that they have been testing the technology. Hopefully the backlash caused by Sony BMG’s action has caused them to have a bit of a rethink and finally reach the conclusion that DRM only serves to make things difficult for people who are trying to do the right thing by paying for music.