DRM

DRM is going, going...

While its not totally gone yet, its certainly on the way out: Puretracks ditches DRM. (Or is in the process of ditching it -- the site doesn't seem to show the MP3s yet)

Is this the beginning of the end of DRM?

Let's hope so. Last year I blogged about the music industry stifling innovation and I believe that DRM is a big part of that. The lack of interoperability kills off a number of opportunities for smaller companies to create new services that work with people's music collections. If interoperability increases because people are ditching DRM, then there is a chance that we'll see a new crop of companies taking advantage of a more level playing field.

Let's see how this shakes out.

Posted by Mayhem at February 22, 2007 02:54 PM