The has RIAA responded to Apple's comments concerning DRM: Apple?s offer to license Fairplay to other technology companies is a welcome breakthrough and would be a real victory for fans, artists and labels. There have been many services seeking a license to the Apple DRM. This would enable the interoperability that we have been urging for a very long time. Source: LaTimes via [H] Worth a read is also the article over @ WHAS11.Com which titels: The cost of a CD should be exponentially higher, according to the RIAA Also read RIAA urges Apple to spread DRM far and wide at TheReg