The parts of the article that you quoted are out of context. The bands are telling fans how to "beat the system" because they believe that fans should be able to listen to a record that they bought in either mp3 form, or on their iPod.

"The bad thing is that you are almost promoting what you are trying to protect against," Brown says. "You are upsetting the fan that went out and purchased the record."
Is another sensational statement from a record exec. I for one am NOT upset that I can de-activate the DRM on a CD I bought so that I can listen to it on my portable device, nor do I feel violated in any way.