What is Digital rights management?
'''Digital rights management''' ('''DRM''') is a way to make it difficult to copy [[music]], [[movie]]s, and [[computer programs]]. It is used to make people follow [[copyright|copyright laws]]. It works by using [[computer]] [[technology|technologies]]. Many companies use DRM to protect their [[Intellectual property|properties]] from [[copyright infringement]], such as [[Sony]], [[Microsoft]] and the [[BBC]]. Other companies also use DRM. Some people do not like digital rights management. They think that DRM makes copying harder than copyright laws allow. The [[Free Software Foundation]] suggested that 'digital restrictions management' is a better name. People can break DRM. If someone breaks a DRM technology then copying is possible. All common DRM technologies have been broken. Making a DRM technology that can not be broken is very hard. Some people say that all DRM technologies can be broken. In the United States it is illegal to break a DRM{{citation needed|reason=This is debatable at best|date=March 2016}}. DRM is a way for companies to keep their profits while sharing their content online. A good example of this is [[BBC iPlayer]]. They do this by keeping their content online for a certain amount of time. {{-}} {{Tech-stub}} [[Category:Copyright]] [[Category:Intellectual property law]]