Can the Technology Provide Long-Term Solutions? During the early years of radio, many record companies didn't want stations to play their tunes because they thought it would hurt sales. Today, of course, record companies hope to gain promotion and increase sales by...

Although a range of computer and media companies have been harping on the issue of digital rights management, and even legislators in Washington have been gearing up to tackle the topic, most of the industry's wireless carriers have taken a somewhat passive approach...