Digital Rights Management and the Secret War Against Your Fair Use Rights

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND THE SECRET WAR AGAINST YOUR FAIR USE RIGHTS
[SOURCE: saschameinrath.com]
[Commentary] A massive secret war on consumers' rights to make legal use of audio, video, print, and other media is being waged. This battle, under the ironically titled rubrics of “Digital Rights Management” (DRM) is part of the ongoing battle to more fully commoditize previously free media use and exact additional control over copyrighted material and extract additional profits from media consumers. This article documents some of the changes surrounding copyright and focuses on the increasing use of Digital Rights Management and decreasing freedom all of us face.
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