] The mobile phone industry has already agreed on a DRM
] standard for locking down media - and it'll cost $1 per
] handset, plus a percentage of each piece of media
] downloaded.
]
] ...
]
] Agreement has been rapid, taking less than four months. But
] it's nevertheless a considerable burden to cost-sensitive
] manufacturers, which often balk at paying more than a few
] cents for essential software. Handset vendors only pay
] around $5 to license the air interface. The costs will
] indirectly be born by the consumers, who as always in a
] lock-down regime, end up paying more for less.

[ Sweet. -k]