Warner Music Group Head defends DRM
Edgar Bronfman Jr, chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group, thinks DRM is a good thing (though that article does get his name wrong). It protects intellectual property. He doesn't think, however, that DRM should limit listeners to a single device, instead he believes in "interoperability".
In a speech in Barcelona, he suggested that the music industry could achieve interoperability without sacrificing rights management. Bronfman did not mention Apple or Jobs by name, but one suspects this is another vote for Apple licensing FairPlay, or for opening up the iPod to 3rd party DRM schemes. That puts WMG in line with the official RIAA stance.
Of course, there's always DVD Jon, and his FairPlay-for-sale scheme.
