Digital Rights Management - past, present and future

摘要

1.In early versions of DRM, rights-owners used technology to prevent format shifting and onward transmission of music files, but this was unpopular with the consumerrn2.Recently more influential figures such as Steve Jobs of Apple and Bill Gates of Microsoft have aired opinions suggesting they are in favour of having no, or significantly less restrictive, DRM systemsrn3.New technologies and changing attitudes suggest that DRM systems will increasingly be used to monitor the use of files for the purposes of calculating revenues and directly marketing to consumers and fans.