Digital Right Management (DRM) is like a software code used to manage the rights of copyright owners when any copyrighted material like books or songs are transmitted digitally. Unlike natural limitations built into the dissemination of hard copies, digital dissemination of copyrighted materials is quicker and easier. Hence, copyright holders use DRM technology as a self-help measure to prevent unauthorised and bulk digital dissemination of copyrighted materials.<\/p>\n
These days, for instance, software comes equipped with inbuilt DRM programmes that tie it to a limited number of users or devices. A user who buys legal software cannot give a copy to a friend \u2014 the DRM ties the software to a single device or user. Similarly, DRM technology in modern DVD players \u2014 termed as Content Scramble System (CSS) \u2014 prevents users from copying the content. Even if a user copies a DVD, the disc will not play in a regular DVD player.<\/p>\n