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DRM Scorecard: Hackers Batting 1000, Industry Zero

informationweek.com — When you look at the technology, there's no getting around the fact that DRM is an abject failure. I put together a scorecard, which shows that every single significant attempt at consumer-music DRM has been cracked. Of course this begs the obvious question: "Why doesn't the industry just give up and go DRM-free?"

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  • Anrkist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"Why doesn't the industry just give up and go DRM-free?" - That's like saying: Why don't we stop using passwords?

    DRM will fool and confound the average user... but anyone with enough time, persistence and skill can do just about anything on the internet. At this point they are just trying to make it less accessible to the average person.
  • Reclinatron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2DRM is a trojan horse designed to allow companies to slowly strip rights from us. Once they take our rights away they are going to try to squeeze more money out of you. The RIAA has been convicted of price fixing, but because they spend money on lobbyists they get what they want.

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