Sinngemäss kommt das Zitat hin. Wortwörtlich hat er das natürlich nicht gesagt an dem Treffen mit Bloggern in Redmond, über das Michael Arrington hier berichtet. Aber immerhin:

Gates didn’t get into what could replace DRM, but he did give some reasonably candid insights suggesting that he thinks DRM is as lame as the rest of us. (...) His short term advice: “People should just buy a cd and rip it. You are legal then.”