DRM is useless - and industry is finally noticing
DRM free music and players are actually really common with a well established market - it's called a compact disc - you can pick one up at almost any music store ..
I thought the point of distributing DRM free music was simply to try and level the playing field between CD distribution and online distribution. Anyone can take a CD and simply encode to make DRM free rips of higher quality than what any online music vendor is selling - Apple and EMI are just looking to cash in on the latest FUD by making more easily distributable DRM free rips and selling for more money. I think the ultimate goal at some point is to completely replace plastic CDs with some form of bit moving, but that's not going to happen until the market for CD distribution shrinks
Biting the hand that feeds IT
