December 14, 2006

Bill Gates admits DRM is bad


Microsoft convened a small group of bloggers today at their Redmond headquarters to discuss the upcoming Mix Conference in Las Vegas. One of the questions that was done in that session was:

Q) Is digital rights management (DRM) sustainable over the next 10 years?
A) DRM is not where it should be. In the end of the day incentive systems (for artists) make a difference. But we don't have the right thing here in terms of simplicity or interoperability.

Still, Microsoft products are full of it... Draw your conclusions.

Full coverage:
Techcrunch, Steve Rubel, Ryan Stewart, Niall Kennedy, Liz Gannes, Todd Bishop.

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