DRM is the bane of media consumption, restricting consumers from doing what they want with content that they legally purchase. But what if the DRM actually worked while giving you the ability to consume movies you’d paid for on any device you owned? Would that make DRM worth it? It may not be too long before we find out.
There’s a lot of talk about digital distribution killing off physical media, especially in a world with super fast fibre broadband and high data plans. But the truth of the matter is that physical media is still selling well, and according to Danny Kaye, Executive Vice President of Global Research and Technology Strategy at 20th Century Fox, Australia is currently the top market in the world for number of entertainment transactions per person.
