James Kim posted a nice summary of the DRM controversy:

MP3 Insider: Rallying behind the eMusics of the world – CNET reviews

Two of his points rang true with me:

DRM seems to be used less to thwart piracy and more to establish a dominant position in the music industry.

That’s certainly true of the iTunes store. It’s Apple’s business model.

I’m not anti-DRM, but I have a problem with closed DRM schemes–I’ll buy DRM tracks if I can play them on any device. … I have purchased many iTunes and WMA tracks and find it deplorable that I can’t play my music on all my devices.

Those computer savvy and ethically flexible enough to download music illegally may continue to do so — after getting ticked off when music they bought legally will not play on a new MP3 device or computer.

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