What is Digital Rights Management (DRM)?

DRM is a system for protecting the copyrights of data circulated via the Internet or other digital media by enabling secure distribution and/or disabling illegal distribution of the data.

Typically, a DRM system protects intellectual property by either encrypting the data so that it can only be accessed by authorized users or marking the content with a digital watermark or similar method so that the content can not be freely distributed.

How does DRM work?

Content Encryption Process

Content Distribution to Hotels

Key Generation and distribution Process

Key passing process 

Copy Protection

Technology that restricts or prevents the ability to duplicate or copy video or audio content to VHS tape, DVD or HDD. It is the main piracy concern of Hollywood studios.

DRM vs. Copy Protection?

DRM limits the ability to ‘read’ or ‘view’ the data to only authorized users. With DRM, it is still possible to ‘copy’ a file, but it cannot be ‘read’ without proper authentication.

Copy Protection prevents the ability to make another viewable/playable ‘copy’ of a movie or music program.