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I have said this before, but the only way this mess is ever going to be cleared up is by Congress. The problem with that is that right now Congress, and the voting public, are dominated by folks that are mostly "e-stupid". As these folks die off and the no longer e-stupid generations begin to take their place, I think that pressure to fix this will increase and eventually there will be too much voter pressure for Congress to continue to dance to the tune of the content industry. It will take a decade or two, but is inevitable.
In my opinion (and that of a number of experts), the bigger problem than DRM is the current laws that allow copyright extensions to go on forever. Very little becomes public domain anymore. This can be laid directly on the doorstep of Disney and a few other companies with vested interests and is truly BAD for the public. Copyright needs to expire after a set period, no exceptions. That way, we WOULD have more DRM free content, albeit after a few decades.
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