IS DRM the best way to save the music industry?

DRM stands for: Digital rights management. DRM limits what you can do with a digital file, it won’t let you copy files, and it also won’t let you play files on different formats. DRM can be seen in use by apple, who only allows you to play their songs that you purchase from their store on either I-tunes player or on an Apple I-pod. In a way this helps them safe guide their products as the songs can not be copied. DRM in many respects does protect the music industry; however there are many other ways for people to gain music, for instance illegal download sites where people file share. These sites can be viewed in two ways, the first is that the programs are stopping the industry from making money, secondly is that the programs also create promotions from the artists which may influence people to go out and buy the artists album. I believe that people use these sites as CD are too expensive and they see that most of their money goes to the music company and not the artist.