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But if it quacks like a duck...

They may bring it back but DRM has a fundamental HCI problem, it annoyed legitimate users, and got in the way of whatever goals they want (i.e. Hey lets take this song by toddler likes to dance to and make a music video etc.)

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That's certainly why DRM has become a bad word. All I'm saying is the article seems to imply this is somehow an admission that they were wrong. When in fact it's just the opposite. It's setting the stage for it's eventual return under a new name if they should ever feel the need to bring it back.

Because if they do bring it back part of the push will be "we realize DRM was bad but this new thing fixes the problems." In order to make that statement they need to disown DRM now.

I agree. Journalists (and through them, the general public) are smart enough to recognize DRM when they see it now. The music industry could (and, lets be honest, probably will) try to raise it from the dead at some point. Whatever they do try to pin it on will never succeed though.

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