Why DRM-protected Music is a Waste of Money

telecommatt | October 1, 2008

This is a shining example of why DRM is flawed. Why should our music collection depend on the continued support of some retailer? Any time you pay money for DRM-protected music you are renting the music that you purchased. And once those DRM servers shut down, they walk away with your money AND your music.

clipped from www.readwriteweb.com

Customers of Wal-Mart’s digital music service will be in for a big shock very soon, just as Yahoo Music customers were. Wal-Mart has announced that they will shut down their DRM servers on October 9th. What does this mean for Wal-Mart digital music buyers?