Digital rights management (DRM) is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that are not desired or intended by the content provider.
Digital Rights Management is a copyright protection for digital media such as pictures, music, videos and the like. Many people have even opposed this technology and policy. People who have opposed it believed that Digital Rights Management is too restrictive and this policy may even prevent the use of digital media which has been legally purchased. On the other hand, there is also another section of the society which believes that this is the only way genuine authors can get what they actually deserved.
One major flaw to DRM is that people who are good with computing and software technologies can easily circumvent Digital Right Management technology. This can be easily done by people trained for this purpose. Therefore, it is important to have professionals to implement DRM to protect yourselves and your digital resources. With the proliferation of digital fraud and piracies, most countries have pass laws to protect artists, publishers and owners of these valuable resources.
Benefits of DRM
Digital Rights Management has many different benefits for users. However, the biggest benefit is the protection of media from being copied or pirated. DRM can also be used as mechanism to backed-up your digital resource.
On the other hand, Digital Rights Management can also have some minor negative consequences. For instance, some people may be unable to put music on a media player which has certain Digital Rights Management protections. However, these issues are usually corrected by the manufacturer quickly. You can simply ask your manufacturer to resolve the problem and he will be able to do it in no time. This problem does not arise much. In fact, if you compare the benefits of this technology with this minor problem, the conclusion would be to implement DRM to safeguard the interests of genuine authors or artists. (Sachin Bansal)
Benefits of Digital Rights Management – WorldNgayon®
