European music executives believe dropping digital rights management (DRM) restrictions from digital music would drive song sales, according to a new Jupiter Research survey. Major record labels, however, remain unconvinced.
Hackers have been attacking DRM for years, quite successfully for the most part. Just this week, they cracked the Blu-ray Disc protection codes. But recently industry leaders have joined them, calling for an end to DRM, at least for music. Last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs challenged record labels to offer music for sale without DRM, noting that "DRMs haven't worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy." I-Week