Open-source DRM Ready To Take On Big Guns
Barence writes "An open-source digital rights management (DRM) scheme says it’s ready to supplant Apple and Microsoft as the world’s leading copy protection solution. Marlin, which is backed by companies such as Sony and Samsung, has just announced a new partner program that aims to drive the DRM system into more consumer devices. “It works in a way that doesn’t hold consumers hostage,” Talal Shamoon told PC Pro. “It allows you to protect and share content in the home, in a way that people own the content, not the devices.” When asked about the biggest problem of DRM — that customers hate it — he argued that “the biggest problem with DRM is people have implemented it badly. Make DRM invisible and people will use it.”"Read more of this story at Slashdot.