The OMA, its DRM, and the $1 levy

So the Open Mobile Alliance (which has seats for over 200 industry players) has finally agreed on the next version of its DRM spec, and, of course, a price they're going to pass on to the copyright holders (including ContentGuard,
Intertrust, Matsushita, Philips and Sony) for making sure that phones are locked down tight. The use of OMA DRM 1 or 2 is going to hit the phonemakers in question for a buck a handset in licensing, and vendors (like Verizon or T-Mo) $5 apiece for the software. Of course, you can expect to pay that out of your own pocket since there's no reason for the big boys in the leather boardroom seats to absorb the cost on making sure you can't use your phone and content the way you want to.