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Article: Grouptest: DRM; Managing intellectual property ownership requires knowing what it is you are trying to protect, as digital rights management (DRM) is not just about copy protection, says Peter Stephenson.(PRODUCT SECTION)
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- SC Magazine
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- October 1, 2008
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Some people think of digital rights management (DRM) as copy protection. More accurately, DRM applies fundamental principles of access control to intellectual property. DRM enforces access to and use of documents, art, music and video, etc., rather than simply preventing the copying of it. That makes DRM a bit more complicated than copy protection or watermarking.
Detractors of DRM tend to oversimplify the problem in order to overemphasize the solution. This tends to make DRM appear as a solution looking for a problem. DRM is not just copy protection. Properly implemented, it does not interfere with legitimate use of the intellectual property. Like any other ...