the Economist on DRM

In an editorial on Economist.com, the case against DRM is made. Here’s a nice quote:

Belatedly, music executives have come to realise that DRM simply doesn’t work. It is supposed to stop unauthorised copying, but no copy-protection system has yet been devised that cannot be easily defeated. All it does is make life difficult for paying customers, while having little or no effect on clandestine copying plants that churn out pirate copies.

I’m happy to read stuff like this in a publication as mainstream as the Economist. People are finally starting to understand the folly of DRM – it’s about time. The writing is on the wall, Big Media. Better do something about dropping DRM soon, or risk going the way of the dodo…