The Year of Living DRMishly

Over At Wired writer Ryan Singel says all signs point to 2006 as the year consumers become intimately familiar with “digital rights management,” as Microsoft, Apple and Google all push their own copy protection schemes. Can revolution be far behind?
Industry watchers say it is unclear whether a full-on format war is in the making or whether consumers will simply not switch to DRM-laden technologies, such as the next generation DVDs, and stick with tried and trued formats like CDs that allow copying and burning.