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Project Insomnia

Project Insomnia is many things, but in this context it is simply a "braindump" of whatever I happen to be thinking/reading/watching/doing at the moment. Parental guidance suggested.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

What is DRM and why you should care

This essay entitled "Why DRM won't ever work" by Google engineer Jeremy Allison explains what DRM (Digital Rights Management) is and why you should care in plain English. If you use a computer, buy CDs or DVDs, listen to your iPod or other music player, or want to be involved at all in today's digital society you should read this.
Trying to make Digital Rights Management (DRM) work in the real world is like asking engineers to do 'Star Trek' style magic, rather than real engineering. DRM simply cannot work. For less technical readers who might be wondering what I'm going on about, DRM is the attempt to control copying on a digital file, or sometimes even to add a restriction on how many times such a file can be copied. It's usually applied to online music or movies, but it's never sold to the consumer for what it actually is, an added restriction on what can be done with something they've paid for. DRM is always explained as the 'wonderful new technology that will help protect your medical records from thieves.' The truth is, it can't even do that.
|| Andrew, 3:04 PM || ||

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