DRM(Digital Right Management) Doesn't Really Matter: A persuasive paper opposing the use of DRM in online media.

With the advent of computers and the Internet, there is freedom to share all different forms of media, from music and movies to games and books, with anyone on the planet. Digital Right Management, known as DRM for short, is a system by which, through the use of licensing and encryption, digital content distributors control the copying and distribution of digital media while concurrently protecting the rights of the original author and/or copyright holder. …

…and how it works, we've already failed."(Digital Right Management) Consumers know it's there, and we don't like it. It's time to get rid of DRM once and for all. Works Cited: Demerjian, Charlie. "DRM is a complete lie." the Inquirer 23 Jan 2006. 29 Jan 2006 <http://www.theinquirer.net/Default.aspx?article=29161>. "Digital rights management." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 22 Jan 2006. 23 Jan 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management>.