[FYI] Guilty until proven innocent - DRM the mobile phone way
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/15/oma_drm_for_phones/>
Guilty until proven innocent - DRM the mobile phone way
By John Lettice
Published Thursday 15th July 2004 12:18 GMT
Digital Rights Management on mobile phones hasn't so far been much of
an issue, but with highly capable multimedia devices and mobile music
download services starting to appear, that is going to change. And
the bad news for the consumer is that the phone industry appears to
have learned from the PC business, where DRM can still be resisted
because you still have a choice. Handset manufacturers and mobile
phone networks, on the other hand, have a power beyond Microsoft's
wildest dreams, because they really can outlaw non-DRM compliant
devices. Up to a point.
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