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Digital Rights Management, problem or solution?
"Digital Right Management (DRM) is meant to control access of digital media and to allow copyright holders to prevent piracy of their audio and video content. As a result, we as consumers must feel the pain of limitations on the technology."
Digital Right Management (DRM) is meant to control access of digital media and to allow copyright holders to prevent piracy of their audio and video content. As a result, we as consumers must feel the pain of limitations on the technology. Most agree that DRM in no way helps the consumer and only serves as a way for corporations to produce profit. It's been proven that no DRM is completely secure and can often be bypassed using common software, but few users are tech savvy or determined enough to try these methods resulting in a less than ideal user experience when transferring files between devices.
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Maverick thinks: I've had nothing but problems with DRM. I have no problem with record companies or artists wanting to keep their work protected, but if it stops me from copying my music collection from my computer to another computer or between portable devices, that's when I feel it crosses the line. There needs to be another solution to protect against piracy without effecting genuine consumers that are willing to pay for the music.
(57% of 7 votes AGREE)
sean thinks: This is a real problem that most people don't realize until they try to copy their music collection to a new device only to find rights permissions only allow you to copy the song to one mobile device. It's not a good way to go about protecting copyright. Private usage rights are being ignored while money hungry record companies make life difficult for all of us as a result. I understand the need to stop people from pirating music, but when I can't copy an album that I legitimately own and can't copy music files to another device, there is a serious problem.
(86% of 7 votes AGREE)
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