I was reviewing my epubs/ebooks a while ago to see which had breakable DRM (for one reason or another...). I discovered that of my 30 or so ebooks, only Steven Levy's "Hackers" wasn't DRM'd. Rather ironic, and quite a welcome discovery.
On another note, I've bought two of Charlie's books in electronic format recently... perhaps I should've waited? ;)
(Films, in other words.)
RIAA = Recording Industry Association of America.
(Music.)
There's no equivalent that I know of for publishers.
These are all separate industries and organizations, not some kind of multi-headed hydra that acts and thinks in unison. So, in this context, your question makes no sense.
"I've been saying it for a while: the publishing industry right now is where the music industry was ~3 years ago. The cycle is going to be exactly the same. At one point big music figured out that removing DRM let them sell more songs, and they finally dropped it. It looks like publishers are starting to realize the same thing. "
Eventually publishers will also bring down the prices of their books ($10-$15 for an ebook? Really?) and discover that they can bring in even more profit. But that discovery is a year or two down the line still.
Thanks Charlie for giving them an eloquent and firm nudge in the right direction!