Nice journalism.
Before you write an article it would be a good idea to do some searching beforehand.
This isn't Apple's doing. If Apple had it their way there would be no DRM songs on the iTunes and ringtones would be free.
However once again the Music labels disagree and would like to make more money out of this.
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=84710&d=1189497826