RIAA Spokesman Says DRM Is Dead

Posted by kdawson on Monday July 20, 2009 @12:02AM from the joined-the-choir-invisible dept.

TorrentFreak is reporting an on-the-record remark by the main RIAA spokesman acknowledging what has been obvious to the rest of the world for some time now. Let's see whether their actions going forward align with the words. "Jonathan Lamy, chief spokesperson for the RIAA[,] declared DRM dead, when he was asked about the RIAA's view on DRM for an upcoming SCMagazine article. "DRM is dead, isn't it?" Lamy said, referring to the DRM-less iTunes store and other online outfits that now offer music without restrictions." Update: 07/21 01:16 GMT by KD : InformationWeek is now reporting that Jonathan Lamy says he never said "dead." TorrentFreak, which originally reported Lamy's remark, has also backtracked.

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Re:DRM is dead? by mcgrew · 2009-07-20 02:09 · Score: 0, Flamebait

DRM was stillborn, but its mother didn't realize that. DRM is dumber than a kid with Down's Syndrome, but the RIAA execs are even dumber, believing the snake-oil programmers who HAVE to know that there's no way DRM can work.
Blind and crippled, DRM was too stupid to remember to breathe. Let the poor thang rest in peace.

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