What is Digital rights management (DRM)?

Digital rights management also known as information rights management, or enterprise rights management is a measure to prevent unauthorized operators to use proprietary hardware and copyrighted works. The main purpose of DRM technologies is not actually catching those who engage in piracy, but it simply puts curb on them from accessing or using specific copyrighted contents. Generally, DRM applications contains codes that disallow copying, forwarding, printing, taking screenshots or screen grabs or redistribution of digital media. The codes may lay certain restrictions like number of devices on which a document/book can be accessed or permitted to access only up to an expiry date after that user will not be able to access it.

The DRM technologies can be used for media, films, music, data, e-book, content, software, or any other copyrighted material. Artworks and documents can be watermarked through DRM technology in order to establish ownership and identity. DRM technology can also be used to restrict access only to certain IP addresses like permitted only in India and locked access outside India etc. Thus, the authors, publishers, software content creators, and other content creators etc. who use DRM application are enabled to control paying users.

The DRM technology is useful not only to digital content creators, but also to companies who use digital properties licensed or purchased from third parties for the purpose of restricting access to sensitive data, and at the same time allowing it to be shared securely. Similarly, Auditors sometimes use DRM technology to investigate and identify leaks.

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