To put it simply, DRM tools are getting more complicated by the day. They obviously need to since it’s a race against some of the best cracker brains in the world. The consumer loses in the process since any protection methodology that is too difficult to crack for a cracker is usually too inconvenient to be accepted by consumers. Uncrackable content usually locks the market.
The other problem with DRM is when different companies bring in their own proprietary formats which are incompatible with most players. As a consumer, I’d like to listen to my music anywhere I want to rather than on a few proprietary boxes only. Music is an experience good and inconvenience has several hidden costs to it.
DRM is probably not the best way to fight piracy. Inconvenience is often a bigger cost than monetary effects.
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