Bill Gates On The Future Of DRM

12.24.06 Posted in News by Mathew

Gates confessed to a round table of prominent bloggers that “no one has done it right” when it comes to Digital Rights Management. This is despite Microsoft recently creating yet another DRM format for it’s new Zune MP3 player.

Gates went on to say Digital Rights Management “causes too much pain for legitimate buyers” trying to distinguish between legal and illegal uses. He declined to elaborate on how Microsoft would address this.

Well, at least Bill gets it. Now, lets hope that the record and movie industries get it, and that one day soon we can have an open, level playing field where buying music and video is someone we all want to do, rather than something we have to do.

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