Hate Digital Rights Management? You're not the only one. DRM is a security measure bundled into various forms of electronic media to keep people from copying it illegally. The thing is, there's loads of collateral damage. For example, the library's Overdrive download service can drive even the most tech-savvy patrons bonkers with its conflicting information about what a track is labeled, prevention of many unspecified players from working with the files at all, and general hostile messages. Of course, the DRM in that case is pretty easy to get around for those of a mind to do so; just copy the files to a CD and rip them back to mp3 format, and Bob's your uncle. What that means is that the only people really burdened by the system are those trying to use it legitimately.
Here's an article at PC World that offers some hope better days ae ahead.
Here's an article at PC World that offers some hope better days ae ahead.
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