Digital Rights Management

Digital Rights Management

1. What is DRM and how does it affect everyday uses of music’s and technology?

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, this is a term used to say that a certain song or a whole album is protected and can only function in one way specified by the terms of the Digital Rights Management. Let’s say you download the song November Rain, from I-tunes and want to place it on your ipod then the restrictions will let you, but if you want to place that same song on a windows based MP3 player then you can’t because the Digital Rights Management that I-tunes places on the songs prohibits the placement of these songs on that device. So that’s why we “Teens” use programs such as Lime wire or I-Mesh. Other Peer to Peer programs such as Aries, Azures, U-torrent, and Demonoid. In order to bypass this security feature implemented by the use of DRM’s. Does DRM only apply to music? The answer is no DVD player’s use DRM’s to copyright the DVD’s so that they can’t be “burned” or copied.

2. What are the Pro’s and Con’s

The Pro’s and Con’s are extremely simple, If you are selling music or DVD’s then it is an advantage to you but if you are the consumer than you are at a disadvantage.