To add to this, I am most troubled by the fact that it is the RIAA and production industry that is at the forefront of this push for DRM. While many artists have voiced their backing for the protection of their media, it is the recording industry that stands to lose the most if they don't tighten their grip. They gallop along in the public eye as the protectors and defenders of media rights when they are sitting on the fact that it is protecting their long-term interests. I don't think this is wrong, but I personally see the recording industry becoming obsolete as artists become more talented at their own production and technology brings studio quality equipment home at a reasonable price. They are just the middlemen, and efficiency in long run tends to cut out the middlemen when they become obsolete.
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To add to this, I am most troubled by the fact that it is the RIAA and production industry that is at the forefront of this push for DRM. While many artists have voiced their backing for the protection of their media, it is the recording industry that stands to lose the most if they don't tighten their grip. They gallop along in the public eye as the protectors and defenders of media rights when they are sitting on the fact that it is protecting their long-term interests. I don't think this is wrong, but I personally see the recording industry becoming obsolete as artists become more talented at their own production and technology brings studio quality equipment home at a reasonable price. They are just the middlemen, and efficiency in long run tends to cut out the middlemen when they become obsolete.