Research Paper on:
Development of Digital Rights Management

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is a proactive approach to protecting intellectual property that exists in digital - i.e., downloadable - form. National and international copyright protection has been found not to be enough  to protect the rights of those owning rights to intellectual property. The entertainment and software industries particularly have been adversely affected by individuals abilities to appropriate content for their  own use (or worse, for sale to others) without paying developers or providers for the benefit they receive from the products. DRM is an emerging technology that seeks to  rectify that situation, at least in part. What It Is Sony Ericsson (2002) has been a leader in developing DRM technology. The  company defines DRM as "a technology that enables secure distribution, promotion, and sale of digital media" (p. 5). This digital media encompasses many forms, including personal images; digital forms  of recorded music; downloadable software packages; branded games and other forms of the result of individuals work stored in digital form. DRM technology brings a measure of control to  content providers in how users of their intellectual property will be allowed to use that property. DRM technology as it currently exists does  not give content providers absolute control over how users use their material, but it can place some prohibitions on specific uses. Property owners place limits on how their content  can be used; DRM places these definitions into effect and enforces them, giving content providers flexibility in the ways they can sell or otherwise distribute their intellectual property. As  example, Rights can be defined so that a picture can be used by subscribers only, and rights can be defined so that a ring signal can be played only