![]() If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. The technology - short for Digital Rights Management - has been giving consumers trouble since its inception, when it was intended as a means to protect digital media from piracy. DRM has taken many forms over the years, from CD keys and digital watermarks to proprietary file types, but the end result is the same: You can’t copy the stuff you buy or play it on anything other than the intended device. Today’s DRM restrictions may prevent you from sharing a copy of Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour, sure, but the technology’s implications reach further than you might expect. The restrictions also leave users susceptible to the whims of giants like Amazon and Google. Remember when Amazon deleted two George Orwell titles from Kindle libraries back in ’09? No? Well, it happened before, and it could happen again.įortunately, there are several ways to create local backups and rid your music and movie purchases of unwanted DRM. However, keep in mind removing said restrictions might violate the various Terms of Use you agree to when your purchase a digital product, even if you don’t intend to share or otherwise distribute the content.
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