RIAA agrees: "DRM is dead"
Long-time proponent of digital rights management (DRM) protection for music files, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has finally acknowledged that DRM has become obsolete, according to a recent report from TorrentFreak. DRM prevents buyers of digital music tracks from copying them to other devices in an attempt to curb illegal copying. But now, with major music retailers abandoning the format to appease the wishes of the paying public, RIAA chief spokesman Jonathan Lamy says the protection's death is now a matter of fact.
Full Article here:
http://www.electronista.com/articles...ares.drm.dead/
Will it apply to ebooks, too?
Will we be able to buy from Amazon and to read on iLiad and Sony without risk a term in jail?
I hope so.
