Digital Rights Management (DRM)

DRM technologies are designed to protect copyrighted content, but they often spark debate over user access and control. If you buy a movie on DVD do you have the right to digitise and put it on a USB drive for your own use? Even after over 20 years of digital media, these are still tricky questions that are continually evolving.

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