James Governor rounds up the current state of play for DRM'd content (music, specifically) - and things aren't good. He gives welcome kudos to David Byrne, who says:

So, first they start off suing their customers, and now they are maliciously making it hard for their customers to even listen to music, and they will cripple your music and media player to boot. These guys deserve to go out of business, they obviously don't love music, and they don't understand their own customers.