This article in IT Week quotes a report of Insight Research which estimates that spending on DRM systems is going to reach $9bn by 2012. This gives us a good idea of the systematic cost of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) systems, a cost that will have to be borne by authors and artists with every upload into the system, as well as society at large with every access to works within that system.

The Register has an interesting interview with Peter Jenner, former manager of bands like Pink Floyd and the Clash and current secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF).

IP-Watch.org reports that "EU Online Content Stakeholders Debate DRM", which demonstrates the need for a much more informed debate on Digital Restrictions Management.

In the entire discussion on Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) there are multiple problems that prevent broader discussion and understanding. One of them is that when talking about "Digital Restrictions Management" (DRM) the eyes of many people simply glaze over, as it is quite a mouthful and sounds technical, a certain attention killer.

Yesterday's protest in Zürich found a remarkable echo: Switzerlands main tabloid newspaper, the Blick, published an article " -->

More than 20 people from all over Switzerland gathered around noon today to announce the launch of DRM.info and take the concerns against Digital Restriction Managemen

In relation to the ongoing revision of Swiss copyright law, which is also discussing anti-circumvention provisions for Digital Restrictions Management (DRM), Swiss artists jointly started the initiative Kunstfreiheit.ch (Kunstfreiheit = "Artistic Freedom" / "Freedom of arts") today.

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned thinker on security issues. His comments and critical analyses have established him as a legend in the security field.

An article written February 2006 on my personal weblog explains some of the problems with Digital Restrictions Management.

The article explains how artists themselves are most likely not the main benefactors of the current system, and how DRM is unlikely to solve their problems. It explains how DRM fails the test of critical thinking when it comes to important issues such as Finances, Effectiveness, Interoperability, Sustainability and Socio-Economic cost.

GROKLAW posted a very interesting article about Digital Restrictions Management in January 2006.