BBC NEWS | dot.life | DRM is dead, long live DRM

An interesting article from the BBC blog about the future of DRM. While the walls are coming down on DRM and MP3 is the flavor of the day, the undercurrent of "Comes with Music" hardware+music deals like Nokia could delay it's ulitmate death:

"In other words, the world of DRM is about to get more complicated than ever.
And the risk, says [Jupiter Analyst Mark] Mulligan, is that music services could become Balkanized around specific devices in the future.
For example: If I invest in a Nokia phone that brings with it an unlimited supply of music, what happens when I decide to buy a Sony Ericsson phone in a few years' time?
Will I be able to transfer my music? Possibly not.
At the moment, says Mulligan, such concerns are not on the radars of consumers."