Mark Shuttleworth: DRM doesn’t work!
Posted Tuesday, April 10th 2007
Mark Shuttleworth is known to many geeks across the globe, and is an interesting figure for many reasons, not least the fact that he was the 2nd space tourist.
Anyway, Mark wrote a great piece on DRM, and it’s a suggested read for everyone:
The truth is also that, as the landscape changes, different business models come and go in their viability. Those folks who try to impose analog rules on digital content will find themselves on the wrong side of the tidal wave. Sorry for you. It’s necessary to innovate (again, sometimes!) and stay ahead of the curve, perhaps even being willing to cannibalize your own existing business - though to be honest cannibalizing someone else’s is so much more appealing.
Read the rest
here.
Also, Microsoft will start selling DRM-Free tracks in the Zune store. Sweet.
