Day Against DRM

DRM - do you know that term? If you don't, you should.

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, according to its creators. What it does in reality has nothing to do with rights, and everything to do with restricting your ability to use the software, music, or video that you paid good money for.

Imagine, for instance, you go to the iTunes store and buy a song. Well, if you only own one iPod, that's no problem. But if you own two iPods and you want to put a copy of that song on both of them, the Apple DRM scheme prevents you from doing it.

Or how about buying a CD of your favorite band? Last year, Sony demonstrated graphically what theyDRM is not about protecting anyone's rights. What it is about, is damaging the electronic media you buy so that you can only use it under the conditions the company you bought it from approves of. What it is about is restricting your right to use what you bought in the way you choose to use it.

If you want to know more about DRM, take a look at EFF's Frequently Awkward Questions for the Entertainment Industry as a starting place.

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"We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was legal." --Martin Luther King Jr.