Life Lover

You may or may not know what DRM really stands for. If you don’t know, let me tell you. It stands for Digital Rights Management, or so you’re too believe. What is that, you ask? I’ll let the experts tell you:

Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is a technology that affects all users of computers, media players, mobile phones and other devices.

DRM affects you. You may have seen it discussed as “Digital Rights Management” (DRM) or “Technological Protection Measures” (TPM). These terms suggest what DRM proponents believe to be the use and justification of Digital Restrictions Management, but hide what the technology must do to achieve this end: Imposing third-party restrictions on the users of a computer or other device, with or without the users consent.

There are things you can do to stop DRM
including talking to Netflix if you use Netflix and wearing a t-shirt about it. I’m sure there is more you could do.

Perhaps you think DRM is not an immediate problem. Well, think again, it is a problem.

You are responsible for stopping DRM!

Filed under: Rights on December 27th, 2007