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by David Brewster, Dav

The advent of modern technology and the internet has meant that it has become easier than ever to obtain copies of our favorite television programs, music singles and albums and movies than it ever has been before. Whereas copying a video taped program used to result in substandard copy, a digital copy has little difference in quality compared to the original.

This is where DRM (digital rights management) comes in. DRM (digital rights management) is a way to protect digital files from copyright theft, and it can apply in several different circumstances.

Images, Files And Programs

Many big companies are now using DRM (digital rights management) to protect their goods. So for example, you might buy a DVD of your favorite television program and find that you cannot make a copy of it.

Of course, copying in this way is illegal, so the companies are protecting their rights quite correctly.

But DRM (digital rights management) can also be a hindrance in certain circumstances. Let's say you buy an e-book on the history of your favorite television program, complete with an episode guide for reference.

You decide you'd like to print out a copy so you'll always have the episode guide close at hand when deciding which episode you want to watch. The trouble is, if the creator has exercised their right to use DRM (digital rights management), you might find they have prohibited you from printing out a copy.

This is really to prevent you from printing out copy after copy and selling it yourself, but it limits the practicality of the product itself for the user.

Protecting Copyright

DRM (digital rights management) is basically intended to protect the copyright owners from losing sales of their e-books, DVD's and other items. The theory goes that the easier it is to copy and distribute digital works through the internet and on compact discs, the more sales the copyright owner will lose out on, and hence the less money they will earn from their own work.

This is true but it also hinders the rights of consumers, who now find that they are extremely limited in what they can do with their digital files.

So if you want to create a memorable DVD for someone's birthday and set it to music, you might just find that using even a snippet of a television theme, or a certain song, or even a line or two from your favorite movie, might be out of the question because of the way DRM (digital rights management) works.

The big media companies have got their eye on you.

To put it more succinctly, the internet has enabled unprecedented exchanges and access of information or content to be instantaneously distributed on a global basis at the tap of the mouse.

That is why the internet is called a powerful medium, for it has enabled nations, communities companies and individuals to access, distribute and sell digital information. Unfortunately, this same medium has also made digital information susceptible to theft, piracy, unauthorized access and circulation.

These four primary reasons make the use of DRM technology imperative:

• To protect intellectual property rights.
• To ensure that there are continuous new revenue opportunities
• As a protection against breach of privacy and confidentiality
• Keep the standards for content protection

What is DRM and what does this technology do?

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management and the technology itself encompasses a range of techniques whereby information or content is made available to users under the terms and conditions specified by the rights or rights holders. Some of these techniques involve the description, layering, analysis, valuation, identification, protection, tracking trading and monitoring of the rights over an enterprise's assets, both in physical and digital form.

You can protect your digital rights by purchasing DRM technology that has the features best suited to your requirements.

These features can include the following:

All DRM technologies secure the intellectual property ownerships/ and the confidentiality rights of digital content creators and owners from the time the digital information or content goes from creator to distributor to the consumers.

DRM technologies track and police the usage of this privileged information or content so it is use in the terms specified by the content owners or distributors.

DRM technology can also enable the enterprise owner to track the use of the information; for marketing, sales, royalty, penetration, and accountability reasons.

DRM technology will protect information or contents from copyright infringement.

As an end user, you come into contact with DRM technology through Digital Rights Enforcement. This is the process which ensures that the contents are used as specified.

Some of these functions are:

• To ensure that only the allowed usage permissions are enabled.
• That adherence to the restrictions or constraints placed upon the usage of the information or contents are followed.
• There tracking report on the content is generated.
• The information or content is not publicly distributed.
• Ensuring that only authorized users of the content use it.

In today's fast paced world, With piracy and unauthorized access harming the growth of business, DRM technology is slowly becoming a permanent part of the corporate and Internet security infrastructures.

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