Another reason DRM will not work. Customers are not taking it. Dave Slusher's excellent blog rants, rages, and swears against supporting any music distribution system that supports "shitty DRM". Apple can say all it wants about the iTunes music store success but 250 million downloads in 2 years is a minute drop in the bucket of the global $35 billion/year industry.

Dave and others rant against the labels and not the artists. Fans are objecting to unfair restrictions on the music they purchase. It won't work with this device, or I can't transfer it to this computer, or I can't burn a CD, or I have to keep paying for the same song month after month. Fans want to pay artists for their music. I believe that to my bones, but they hate the major labels and the major music vendors, which support them.

Why do fans hate the labels? It's simple really. They treat - every - single - fan - like a criminal.

Thanks to Bryan for pointing me to the link.