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September 20, 2007

DRM Scorecard vs hackers

DRM Scorecard: Hackers Batting 1000, Industry Zero - Wolfe's Den Blog - InformationWeek

Forget the moral questions: Whether the millions of kids who load up their iPods from LimeWire are thieves, or whether there's something incongruous about Sheryl Crow, a millionaire many times over, railing against piracy. When you look at the technology, there's no getting around the fact that DRM is an abject failure. I put together a scorecard, which shows that every single significant attempt at consumer-music DRM has been cracked. Here it is:

Posted by roymond at September 20, 2007 10:38 AM

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