Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Digital Rights Management is a system that controls the copying, the modification, even the viewing of copyrighted works so it can be defined as a protection technology or a set of access control technologies. So, companies use digital rights management to protect their content from piracy by restricting and preventing users from copying the purchased content.

So, the main aim of the Digital rights Management is to protect the ‘intellectual property”.

Companies that use the Digital Rights Management (DRM):

1. Amazon,
2. Apple,
3. Google,
4. BBC,
5. Microsoft,
6. Electronic Arts,
7. Sony.

The Pros of Digital Rights Management (DRM):

If you’re an author, artist, filmmaker, musician, or a developer you will do anything to protect your products from stealing. However, the DRM can’t completely prevent pirates from stealing it but at least it will make it difficult for the unauthorized sharing.

The Cons of Digital Rights Management (DRM):

Despite that the Digital Rights Management puts a lock on your work in order to protect and encrypt it, it also affects and annoys the honest users as it makes it difficult for them to access  your work, this make them refuse to buy the products which are enabling DRM.

Conclusion:

As a business owner, you’d rather protect your “intellectual property” and prevent piracy from accessing your content. But as a user, you’d rather prefer an easy access to your preferred books, movies, and music. So, take all the aspects into consideration.