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I agree somewhat NatCh, although many people are not ready to give up on the idea that DRM can be gotten rid of completely. I think that the real key is what happens to copyright law. If content owners get the upper hand DRM will be onerous, as indicated by that government study about a year ago, which even went so far as to suggest that content owners should be able to control where and how content is used. The best hope is for an educated public to push an educated political body so they will not only be influenced by the united content contingencies. That's why libraries keep coming up... the extension of the current library role with paper to the electronic world requires a softening of DRM control and an increase in electronic fair use. Maybe that's something people can get behind.
Until then, we just have to hope for flexible DRM and support for common formats to be widespread.
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