I suggested the same thing in a comment a long while ago and it didn't go over that well! I don't see any technical reason why there couldn't be open, standard

I suggested the same thing in a comment a long while ago and it didn't go over that well! I don't see any technical reason why there couldn't be open, standard DRM. Possibly a reason is the motivations for DRM doesn't really appeal to enough open source developers with the right skills. People with advanced cryptography skills may prefer to work either on commercial products or else things that are more in the spirit of freedom. Another might be that companies who use DRM tend to want exclusive, proprietary content protection and/or they want commercial guarantee and support for their DRM technology.