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RIAA says DRM is coming back -- in the future, you won't own music

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RIAA says DRM is coming back -- in the future, you won't own music

Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

You know how all the record labels have been dropping their requirements for DRM on their music, opening up more and more venues for DRM-free music? Well, according to David Hughes, head of RIAA technology, that's just a temporary condition. From now on, we're going to increasingly rent our music with subscription services that will use DRM to take it away from us if we stop subscribing. Hughes says...

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If music DRM is dead, the RIAA expects its resurrection

Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008

Many believe that DRM in music is dead, but the RIAA disagrees. The majority of music still utilizes DRM, the organization argues, and shifting business models mean that DRM is poised for a comeback. Read More...

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RIAA tech chief thinks DRM is still the future, thinks fire is magic, thinks the Earth is flat

CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Oops. Someone forgot to tell Hollywood bigwigs that DRM is dead, consumers don't want it, and it doesn't really work that well anyway. At a conference in LA this week, a member of the RIAA said that almost all digital distribution schemes they can think of use DRM. The problem with DRM is it locks you [...]

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Trying Talking to Someone Else

AssortedStuff (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

More evidence that the music industry really doesn't understand the people formerly known as “customers” (now largely considered by them to be filthy pirates). The head of the RIAA’s technology unit believes there is a “movement” where people will no longer want to buy music but instead will opt to rent it. Hughes believes that per-track purchases [...]