Time to Face the Music on DRM

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There's a contentious article on just how much battery usage and storage space are sucked up when you download music files that have copyright protections, such as iTunes. If you have a non-iPod player, as I do, you definitely notice that you can't load as much iTunes music as you can straight-off-the-CD songs on your playlists. My Rio Cali uses a AAA battery and lasts up to 10 hours. I never run that long in one stretch, so the situation suits my needs. If you find, however, you aren't able to fit as many files as you'd like, it might be the DRM (digital rights management) wrapped around the file. That also goes for the PC where your music library is stored. Our computer memory took a huge hit once everyone created their own iTunes library. Just something to keep in mind if you fear a computer crash or if your MP3 player seems to konk out, and at the most inopportune moment.

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